Scala as a new library for Java?

Scala is a programming language that provides us with modern features and less boilerplate than Java. Why not use it for new development?

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Looking forward to Java Posse Roundup 2013

I’m always excited to attend the Java Posse Roundup, but this year more than ever! The Roundup is in its 7th year (if I’ve done

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Changes in the Java world

Or at least … at the Java Posse. As of episode #383, changes abound for the Java Posse.

Most of the Java developers I know

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Programming Summer Camp

I went to summer camp orientation over the weekend for my elementary school aged children. I muttered to my husband afterward that I thought that

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Scala Training in Ann Arbor next week

If you haven’t already signed up for Scala training with Bill Venners (author of Programming in Scala and ScalaTest) and Dick Wall (Java Posse, Locus

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A Business Case for New Languages ...

Learning new languages has always been a part of our jobs as software developers. We’ve had a pretty long streak with Java and C#, but

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Five Reasons the Java Posse Roundup was Awesome (from a “.NET guy”)

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Java Posse Roundup, a small open spaces conference put on by the Java Posse and Bruce Eckel. I have mostly focused on the .NET stack professionally, and while I work hard to avoid being a zealot, I still expected to be a .NET outcast in a world [...]

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Scala Code Retreat on Saturday, September 25 at SRT

Scala Code Retreat at SRT on Saturday

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It’s time to look at Scala

If you haven’t already considered Scala, it’s time.Scala 2.8 is at Release Candidate 6. With impressive features including named and default arguments and a redesigned collections library (and many more), and several choices for IDE’s, it’s time to mak…

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My schedule for CodeMash 2010

Or, more accurately, CodeMash 2.0.1.0. This is the week that software development in many locations in the midwest takes a hiatus so that its developers can beef up on new skills and ultimately provide more benefit to their companies and customers. In …

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