3 ms·
Tell HN: Scala + Play are easy, and I'm a PHP dude
My team is using Scala + Play. I'm not doing much programming, but I know some PHP, and I'll edit a Scala file here and there now and then to make some quick changes (a small logic change, some spelling correction, etc.). It's easy to read, easy to understand. The way Play is setup is easy to. I can also read the code to see what is actually going on, without having to ask the programmer "how this works".
I could never feel comfortable editing Java, or understanding what goes on there.
- rjd 15y agoI've read some goods things, and did some personal research and came to the same conclusion. BUT I've been trying to get it working all week. Spent an entire day on it to no avail. I can get scala running fine, I can get play running fine with Java, but I can't get the two of them working together, I keep getting IO errors on my PC, and missing library errors on my mac. So I'd appreciate some links if your team has them incase I'm missing a step on either machine. And I'm sure other here would appreciate it as well if they want to try. I'm not quite prepared to give up just yet :) Bookmarked myself I have: Installation instructions: play http://www.playframework.org/ http://www.playframework.org/ play-scala site http://scala.playframework.org/ http://scala.playframework.org/ Installing scala on windows: http://www.scala-lang.org/node/310 http://www.scala-lang.org/node/310 Installing scala on windows: http://just-thor.com/2009/09/02/installing-scala-on-window/ http://just-thor.com/2009/09/02/installing-scala-on-window/ Installing Scala on snow leopard http://arvinderkang.com/2009/09/01/installing-scala-on-snow-leopard/ http://arvinderkang.com/2009/09/01/installing-scala-on-snow-... Installing scala on OSX http://paradox1x.org/2009/06/very-quick-star/ http://paradox1x.org/2009/06/very-quick-star/ Installing Scala for .net http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2009/01/getting-started-with-scala-on-net.html http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2009/01/getting-started... Scala tutorials: Building a MUD http://www.kotancode.com/2011/06/03/building-a-mud-in-scala-step-1-the-echo-server/ http://www.kotancode.com/2011/06/03/building-a-mud-in-scala-... Scala tutorial http://scalabound.org/?p=323 http://scalabound.org/?p=323 Scala for C# programmers http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2009/01/scala-for-c-programmers-part-1-mixins-and-traits.html http://hestia.typepad.com/flatlander/2009/01/scala-for-c-pro... scala actors tutorial http://www.scala-lang.org/node/242 http://www.scala-lang.org/node/242 More on scala actors http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251666/scala-actors-receive-vs-react http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1251666/scala-actors-rece...
- rjd 15y agoAfter doing some reading it appears the main branch may be broken in github. So I used an earlier version and it appears to work fine. Specificallyplay framework 1.1.1 and installing the scala module 0.8