Like the website, the Content API was initially being developed in Java, but the team decided to switch to another JVM-based language, Scala, in its place.

Tooling in the data science community evolves quickly, and picking the right tool for a job -- not to mention a career -- can often be divisive. Which tools should you try to master? What is the ...

After getting lunch, I went to Hilton Golden Gate 6/7/8 to see Martin Odersky 's ( Typesafe ) presentation "What’s New in Scala 2.10." It is always an opportunity to hear a language's creator ...

I have found it both interesting and rewarding to learn a new programming language or major framework on a roughly yearly basis. If forced to self-identify with any single programming language, it ...

The Scala syntax is quite similar to Java, and compatible with the JVM, but offers additional benefits to developers, such as being type-safe, which helps to minimize coding errors. It’s also a big ...