This chapter commences our journey into web development in Scala. Web development has become an area where the choice of architectures and frameworks is tremendous. Finding the right tool for the job is not always a straightforward task as it ranges from traditional Java EE or Spring-based architectural styles to more recent Ruby on Rails-like approaches. Most of the existing solutions still rely on the adoption of the servlet-container model, whether they use lightweight containers such as Jetty/Tomcat or support EJBs (Enterprise JavaBeans) such as JBoss, Glassfish, WebSphere, or WebLogic. Many online articles and conference talks have tried to compare some of the alternatives, and as these frameworks evolve rapidly and sometimes focus on different aspects (such as frontend versus backend), compiling a fair and accurate list remains difficult. In the Scala world, alternatives to create web applications range from lightweight frameworks...
Scala for Java Developers
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Scala for Java Developers
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Overview of this book
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Scala for Java Developers
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Programming Interactively within Your Project
Code Integration
Understanding the Scala Ecosystem
Getting Started with the Play Framework
Database Access and the Future of ORM
Working with Integration and Web Services
Essential Properties of Modern Applications – Asynchrony and Concurrency
Building Reactive Web Applications
Scala Goodies
Index
Customer Reviews