Probability distribution for programmers
This is one of these very simple programming puzzles I came across recently: given a function returning random integers from 0 to 4 inclusive with equal probability, write a function returning random...
View ArticleYour first message – discovering Akka
Akka is a platform (framework?) inspired by Erlang, promising easier development of scalable, multi-threaded and safe applications. While in most of the popular languages concurrency is based on memory...
View ArticleScala – for loops
Right time to broaden the horizons. It’s 2013 and I going to start blogging about Scala which I am trying learn. I am going to start with for loops. 1 2 3 for(i <- 1 to 5){ println(i); } It…Read...
View ArticleScala function literals
In his latest post, Alex talks about a Scala concept which is, in some cases, difficult to understand if you come from a strong Java OO background. Function literals (also known as anonymous functions)...
View ArticleRequest and response – discovering Akka
This is the second article from Tomasz from a series of tutorials about Akka. Now that you implemented your first actor it’s time to learn about Request and Response. In the previous part weimplemented...
View ArticleBasics of actors in scala/Akka part 1
Starting with Scala 2.10.0 – scala actors will be replaced by akka actors.Since we are already using scala actors in production – the need arose to get familiarized with akka in general and specially...
View ArticleHyperscala: Getting Started
Matt Hicks continues his blog series about Hyperscala with a very interesting and simple article about how to create your first pages with Hyperscala. Last week I did an introduction to Hyperscala and...
View ArticleTwo actors – discovering Akka
This is the second article from Tomasz from a series of tutorials about Akka. Now that you implemented your first actor it’s time to learn about Request and Response. Hope you are having fun so far,...
View ArticleScala: Do you partially understand this?
In his latest post, Alex explains the concept of “partial” in Scala with great examples about partial functions and partially applied functions. An extremely interesting article for beginners and...
View ArticleBasics of Actors in akka/scala part 2
This is the second introductory post from Ratul Buragohain about actors in Akka. Lots of coding and less blah – blah Hot swap of akka’s actors behaviour Akka actors’ receive method accepts a partial...
View ArticleScala for the uninitiated java developer: 22 scala things you may not have known
After the series of basics of actors in Scala, Ratul Buragohain has created a list of 22 things that you might don’t know. Especially if you come from the Java world. Scala’s popularity is rising...
View ArticleScala Collections I
In this post, Alex Staveley discusses some of the features that Scala collections offer to developers. Then he compares them with the corresponding Java implementation and gives us a glance in the...
View ArticleBecome/Unbecome :: discovering Akka
This is the third article from Tomasz Nurkiewicz from a series of tutorials about Akka. Things now get even more interested and you’ll learn how to change the behavior of the actors. Interested to...
View ArticleHyperscala : a chat example
Matt Hicks continues his blog series about Hyperscala. After the first two introductory articles, he demonstrates how to build a simple chat application using Hyperscala. Interested to learn more about...
View ArticleHalf-off Scalatra in action
Save 50% on Scalatra in Action and these other selected books. Just enter scalatralaunch50 in the Promotional Code box when you check out. Expires Wednesday, February 6. Only at manning.com. Scalatra...
View ArticleAnnouncing Akka 2.1.1
Dear hAkkers, We—the Akka committers—are pleased to be able to announce the availability of Akka 2.1.1. This is the first maintenance release of the 2.1 branch, which besides documentation updates and...
View ArticleScala pattern matching: A Case for new thinking?
Re-published article by Alex Staveley. Original article can be found here :http://dublintech.blogspot.gr/2013/01/scala-pattern-matching-case-for-new.html Interested to learn more about Scala or Akka?...
View ArticleHyperscala: Why not Play?
Re-published article by MattHicks.com. Original article can be found here : http://www.matthicks.com/2013/01/hyperscala-why-not-play.html Interested to learn more about Scala or Akka? Then visit our...
View ArticleA Simple Login Application in Liftweb using Scala and MongoDB
Re-published article by knoldus.com. Original article can be found here : http://blog.knoldus.com/2013/02/24/a-simple-login-application-in-liftweb-using-scala-and-mongodb/ Interested to learn more...
View ArticleFun with scala’s for comprehension: Solving sudoku in 11 lines!
Re-published article by Ratul Buragohain. Original article can be found here : http://rbsomeg.blogspot.gr/2013/03/fun-with-scalas-for-comprehension.html Interested to learn more about Scala or Akka?...
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