Recently we released MacWire 2.0, with a number of new features and general code cleanup. The majority of the work was done by Bruno Bieth – thanks! If you don’t … Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Framework
Supler update: 0.3.0 release
It’s been some time since the last release of Supler. Just as a short reminder: Supler is a Rapid Form Development library, allowing you to use your favorite Javascript frontend, … Continue Reading →
Supler 0.2.0: docs and features added, bugs removed
Supler is a library which makes writing complex forms easier. It has a server-side (Scala) and a client-side (JavaScript) component. In December we announced the 0.1.0 release, so it’s about … Continue Reading →
Introducing Supler: a Functional Reactive Form Library
Let’s face it. Creating websites with complex forms is a pain. Writing the HTML in the frontend, the supporting javascript, defining mappings in the backed, server-side validation, and – let’s … Continue Reading →
Using Scala traits as modules, or the “Thin Cake” Pattern
I would like to describe a pure-Scala approach to modularity that we are successfully using in a couple of our Scala projects. But let’s start with how we do Dependency … Continue Reading →
BuildStuff 2013 is over – looking forward to ’14!
I just came back from the BuildStuff conference in Vilnius, Lithuania (actually this was almost a week ago, but I was writing that back at the airport ;) ). Although … Continue Reading →
MacWire 0.5: Interceptors
Interceptors are very useful for implementing cross-cutting concerns. Classic use-cases include security, logging or transaction support. Since version 0.5, MacWire contains an implementation of interceptors which can be applied to … Continue Reading →
Dependency Injection in Play! with MacWire
The most recent release of MacWire (0.4) (a Scala macro to generate wiring code for class instantiation, DI container replacement) comes with new utilities which make it easier to integrate … Continue Reading →
Akka vs Storm
I was recently working a bit with Twitter’s Storm, and it got me wondering, how does it compare to another high-performance, concurrent-data-processing framework, Akka. What’s Akka and Storm? Let’s start … Continue Reading →
MacWire 0.2: Scopes are simple!
MacWire generates new instance creation code of given classes, using values in the enclosing type for constructor parameters, with the help of Scala Macros. DI container replacement. Version 0.2 has … Continue Reading →