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Guardian.co.uk Switching from Java to Scala

Topics
Java,
Programming

Citing a need to be able to respond faster to events, and disappointment in the feature set and timeframe for Java 7, the team behind guardian.co.uk is using Scala as an alternative to Java for their new projects. InfoQ spoke to Web Platform Development Team Lead Graham Tackley about their current stack, the reasons behind the move, and the experience of using Scala in large-scale development.

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Lift-JRuby Integration Bridges the Gap Between Ruby and Scala

Topics
Dynamic Languages,
Java,
Web Frameworks,
JRuby,
Ruby

The popular Scala web framework Lift is getting a JRuby API. InfoQ talked to Lift creator David Pollak to learn why Rubyists should use Lift and what the challenges in combining Ruby and Scala are.

Goat Rodeo: A Unified Data Model for Web Applications

Topics
Java,
Web Frameworks,
Announcements,
Data Access,
Architecture

David Pollak, found of the Lift web framework and "Beginning Scala" author, has announced a new initiative "Goat Rodeo" that aims to bring data modeling into the 21st century.

Presentations about lift

Buy a Feature: An Adventure in Immutability and Actor

Topics
Java,
Web Frameworks,
Architecture,
Ruby,
Game Development

This presentation discusses the functional programing paradigms used to build Buy a Feature , (a multi-user, web-based, real-time, serious game) including Actors, event streams,and immutable data structures. Both Scala and the lift web framework are briefly covered. Also covered: application defects, adding new features, and using functional paradigms for a real-world web application.

Lift Web Framework

Topics
Java,
Open Source,
Web Frameworks,
Architecture,
Ruby

This presentation discusses Scala (a hybrid Object Oriented and Functional language) and Lift (a Scala-based web framework with features based on Scala pattern matching and functional composition). Lift's O-R mapper supports type-safe query building via Scala's type system. Lift abstracts away the HTTP request/response cycle by associating functions with HTML page elements.

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David Pollak On Lift Framework and Scala

Topics
Dynamic Languages,
Java,
Web Frameworks,
Ruby

David Pollak talks about using Scala to write the Lift web development framework and his desire to write a productive framework that allows the developer to write concise code on top of a very strongly typed language.