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We are using 2.8.0 in production and so far it is OK. Porting old 2.7.x code to 2.8 is painful, but new code works as advertised. Still pain: the only working

by CCs 16y ago

We are using 2.8.0 in production and so far it is OK. Porting old 2.7.x code to 2.8 is painful, but new code works as advertised. Still pain: the only working IDE is Emacs+ENSIME, documentation is scarce, learning curve is very steep. On the other hand it will force you to hire only top developers, which is a good thing. :) I'm still not sure if I shouldn't pick C++0x instead (really). I wish there was a C++ port of Lift.

cageface 16y ago
I'm used to doing everything in emacs anyway, so the IDE issue wasn't much of a hindrance. I didn't find the learning curve all that steep either, although I do have some prior experience with other functional languages. Overall I found Scala an extremely nice language to work with. I've put it on the back burner for now though because the job market is still so tiny. If I see more people looking for Scala skills I'll make it a priority again.
srnm 16y ago
http://www.scala-ide.org http://www.scala-ide.org has come a long way and can be usable and useful. I recommend a clean install of eclipse 3.5.2 with the latest recommended build of scala-ide. Try things out without installing additional plugins except your favorite version control support. I like the refactoring and code reformatting support! I've recently started using the IntelliJ EAP X builds for a personal project in Scala and find it usable and useful too. The maven-scala-plugin is solid and will let you switch between IntelliJ and Eclipse relatively easily. I don't use the maven eclipse plugin but instead "mvn eclipse:eclipse" from the command line whenever the pom changes. Using a pom-based build is useful in a production environment especially if you are using/providing components from/for others. IntelliJ has maven support built-in and seems to work well. I've only pushed the IDEs to ~40 source files. Things might start breaking as the projects get bigger. Things are definitely better than they were a year ago and thanks to both the scala-ide and IntelliJ people!
- gtani 16y ago
  Haven't used IDEA/scala plugin in a few weeks, but i did have to mess with heap and other config options per: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438408 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438408 http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/snapimpact/IDEA_9CE_Tip http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/snapimpact/IDEA_9CE_Tip http://leshazlewood.com/2007/08/01/intellij-idea-on-mac-os-x-setting-java-vm-options/ http://leshazlewood.com/2007/08/01/intellij-idea-on-mac-os-x...

by CCs 16y ago

cageface 16y ago

I'm used to doing everything in emacs anyway, so the IDE issue wasn't much of a hindrance. I didn't find the learning curve all that steep either, although I do have some prior experience with other functional languages. Overall I found Scala an extremely nice language to work with. I've put it on the back burner for now though because the job market is still so tiny. If I see more people looking for Scala skills I'll make it a priority again.

srnm 16y ago

http://www.scala-ide.org http://www.scala-ide.org has come a long way and can be usable and useful. I recommend a clean install of eclipse 3.5.2 with the latest recommended build of scala-ide. Try things out without installing additional plugins except your favorite version control support. I like the refactoring and code reformatting support! I've recently started using the IntelliJ EAP X builds for a personal project in Scala and find it usable and useful too. The maven-scala-plugin is solid and will let you switch between IntelliJ and Eclipse relatively easily. I don't use the maven eclipse plugin but instead "mvn eclipse:eclipse" from the command line whenever the pom changes. Using a pom-based build is useful in a production environment especially if you are using/providing components from/for others. IntelliJ has maven support built-in and seems to work well. I've only pushed the IDEs to ~40 source files. Things might start breaking as the projects get bigger. Things are definitely better than they were a year ago and thanks to both the scala-ide and IntelliJ people!

gtani 16y ago
Haven't used IDEA/scala plugin in a few weeks, but i did have to mess with heap and other config options per: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438408 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1438408 http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/snapimpact/IDEA_9CE_Tip http://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/snapimpact/IDEA_9CE_Tip http://leshazlewood.com/2007/08/01/intellij-idea-on-mac-os-x-setting-java-vm-options/ http://leshazlewood.com/2007/08/01/intellij-idea-on-mac-os-x...