Scala

The Kind of Book that gets Me in Trouble

March 24, 2010

I just got an email announcing “Seven Languages in Seven Weeks” from the Pragmatic Programmers. This is exactly the kind of book that calls to me. Man, it would be so cool to learn 7 languages at a more than superficial level. My problem is that I have ideas for 7 projects that would actually [...]

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That Was Short Lived

September 4, 2009

I started working through the Lift getting started guide and other documentation and I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of the benefits of using Lift aren’t applicable to the project. The project is a Facebook app and I have a little experience writing those with Django and Google App Engine. All the nice [...]

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Here I Go

September 1, 2009

I’ve decided to start my project using Scala and Lift. I installed them by following this quick tutorial. My next step is to fire it up under Eclipse.

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My Roving Eye

August 25, 2009

After my experience with Groovy and Grails, I’ve been thinking about what to do next. I’ve got an idea for an iPhone application, a Facebook game idea to research, and a Flash game concept I’d like to flesh out. While wandering about the internet to help me decide on what to work on, I came [...]

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