Typed ask for Akka

Akka is a great tool for writing distributed applications. One thing that always surprised me though is that while being…

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How could Scala do a merge sort?

Merge sort is a classical “divide and conquer” sorting algorithm. You should have to never write one because you’d be…

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Lazy sequences in Scala and Clojure

Lazy sequences (also known as streams) are an interesting functional data structure which you might have never heard of. Basically…

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Advanced routing in Play Framework

We frequently get questions about how to meet all sorts of different routing needs in Play Framework. While the built…

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Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part II: Traits linearization

This is a continuation of Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part I: Basics. Dreadful diamond problem can be mitigated using…

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WatchService combined with Akka actors

WatchService is a handy class that can notify you about any file system changes (create/update/delete of file) in a given…

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Becoming Acquainted with Scala

There are many touted benefits of the Scala programming language, especially for Java developers. Among others, Scala’s advertised strengths and…

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Synchronizing transactions with asynchronous events in Spring

Today as an example we will take a very simple scenario: placing an order stores it and sends an e-mail…

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Scala traits implementation and interoperability. Part I: Basics

Traits in Scala are similar to interfaces, but much more powerful. They allow implementations of some of the methods, fields,…

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