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by Paul Butcher, July 1, 2011
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This article describes Borachio, a mock object library for Scala. Unlike the popular Java mock object libraries, Borachio does not require cglib and can therefore be used to test Android applications. In addition, unlike its Java cousins, Borachio supports both mock objects and mock functions.
by Dianne Marsh, April 15, 2011
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Unsure about when to adopt a new technology? Do you think your old technology is "safer"? Maybe ... or perhaps sticking with it offers risks of its own. This article discusses some of the benefits of adopting Scala rather than staying with Java.
by Bill Venners, February 20, 2011
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Jonas Bonér, the lead developer of Akka, discusses the goals of Akka and the recent Akka 1.0 release.
by Martin Odersky and Lex Spoon, December 17, 2010
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In this installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky and Lex Spoon explain how the collections library was redesigned in 2.8, and how to extend the library with new collection types.
by Jon Pretty, September 20, 2010
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The third installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Jon Pretty describes Scala 2.8's support for named and default parameters.
by Martin Odersky, September 14, 2010
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The third installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky explains package objects.
by Martin Odersky, September 7, 2010
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The second installment of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky explains how and why packages and imports have changed in 2.8.
by Martin Odersky, August 24, 2010
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In the first of a series of articles on the latest Scala release, Scala 2.8, Martin Odersky discusses the new collections API.
by Bill Venners, September 30, 2009
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This article describes a Scala design pattern in which traits provide stackable modifications to underlying core classes or traits.
by Bill Venners, September 4, 2009
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This article describes a simple Scala design pattern that allows library designers to provide services that their clients can access either through mixins or imports. Giving users a choice between mixin composition and importing makes a library easier to use.
by Bill Venners and Frank Sommers, May 25, 2009
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Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the mechanics and purpose of pattern matching in Scala.
by Bill Venners and Frank Sommers, May 18, 2009
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Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners and Frank Sommers about the design motivations behind Scala's type system.
by Bill Venners and Frank Sommers, May 11, 2009
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Martin Odersky talks with Frank Sommers and Bill Venners about the compromises and most important goals in Scala's design, its object-oriented innovations, and what's in it for you.
by Bill Venners and Frank Sommers, May 4, 2009
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Martin Odersky talks with Bill Venners about the history that led to the creation of the Scala programming language.
by Bill Venners, April 3, 2009
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Three Twitter developers, Steve Jenson, Alex Payne, and Robey Pointer, talk with Bill Venners about their use of Scala in production at Twitter.
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