Like implicit variables, implicit methods offer a great deal of flexibility in Scala. They help us in wrapping up objects. However, it can make us very tired, if overused. Here’s an example of using implicit methods. Let me implement one […]
In my first consulting assignment in Scala, the most frustrating piece of code was the one involving implicit keyword. There was a portion of code written by the client and the team was huffing and puffing trying to understand the […]
Scala has concise syntax. Period. This is a huge plus point because of brevity and expressiveness in code and a minus point because it’s not too easy to the naked eyes. Let’s discuss the syntactic sugar in use of methods […]
I want to build a simple utility application to track my travel expenses. All I need is a web application where I can feed details of my expenses and store them in a database. I can then generate a report […]
In the previous post I discussed the need for a non-servlet based web development environment and introduced you to the Play framework. In this post, we’ll get started with Play and churn out some code. Get started with Play Typesafe […]