Good book on Scala?
Any suggestions for a good book on Scala for seasoned programmers? I know there is at least one fan of Scala out there.
I need to write a client application to talk to a C++ server. I need to do extensive graphing so http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/ looked quite useful. Was thinking about doing it in Flex (using some other charting library, obviously) or Java, but then I figured if I were going for Java, I might as well do it in Scala, if I can interface with Java libraries (google seems to indicate that I can).
I will try learning Scala from the Web first and then look for a book later. Meanwhile, I will see if I can get Scala to run inside Netbeans.
I need to write a client application to talk to a C++ server. I need to do extensive graphing so http://www.jfree.org/jfreechart/ looked quite useful. Was thinking about doing it in Flex (using some other charting library, obviously) or Java, but then I figured if I were going for Java, I might as well do it in Scala, if I can interface with Java libraries (google seems to indicate that I can).
I will try learning Scala from the Web first and then look for a book later. Meanwhile, I will see if I can get Scala to run inside Netbeans.
OK, I've found this:
http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/
And on Ubuntu, I was able to:
Going off to play with the new toy...
EDIT (note to self for netbeans) - /etc/netbeans.conf must include:
-J-Dscala.home=$HOME/src/scala-2.8.0.final/
and install the nb-scala-6.8v1.1.0rc2b from download
http://programming-scala.labs.oreilly.com/
And on Ubuntu, I was able to:
sudo apt-get install scala |
Going off to play with the new toy...
EDIT (note to self for netbeans) - /etc/netbeans.conf must include:
-J-Dscala.home=$HOME/src/scala-2.8.0.final/
and install the nb-scala-6.8v1.1.0rc2b from download
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You may start from Scala by Example by M. Odersky. It is freely available on Internet.
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Thx for the tip - just downloaded it.
As a first project, I want to find out how hard it is to build a simple GUI with a JTable and some other Swing widgets using Scala - I will learn the fun Scala-specific stuff along the way.
As a first project, I want to find out how hard it is to build a simple GUI with a JTable and some other Swing widgets using Scala - I will learn the fun Scala-specific stuff along the way.
So far, Scala truly kicks major-*** and I haven't even gotten to the neat functional stuff yet.
Just as a Java replacement, I find that it's concise, easy to interface with Java libs, and the language never gets in the way.
It's time to deprecate Java in favor of Scala.
Just as a Java replacement, I find that it's concise, easy to interface with Java libs, and the language never gets in the way.
It's time to deprecate Java in favor of Scala.
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