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They also spend time on external libraries, such as Akka. Part of the appeal of Scala is that its design for extensibility can make libraries feel like part of
by jeremyjh 14y ago
They also spend time on external libraries, such as Akka. Part of the appeal of Scala is that its design for extensibility can make libraries feel like part of the language and Akka is one of the best examples of this (and indeed was designed with input from Odersky as a replacement for native Scala actors).
It really is a great book. I never thought I would read this type of technical book on a Kindle but it reads really easily and I have read far more of it than I would on paper (even though paper is better for a reference book, I don't want to read a big heavy book in bed but I really do with the Kindle).
- bad_user 14y agoTotally forgot to mention the standard library, which is getting quite big. Just yesterday I read the chapter on parser combinators. Good book :) Although I haven't encountered mentions of Akka in Programming in Scala by Odersky. There is a chapter on Actors but I skipped it and went straight to http://akka.io http://akka.io Btw, for technical books I'm using an iPad, as you can read PDFs with colors on it and it's easier to go back and forth between pages and zoom-in, zoom-out, being closer to the way I normally read technical books. I then put PDFs I buy in Google Drive and open them in Acrobat Reader, also available on iPads. So don't buy eBooks from Amazon, prefer the original publisher instead, to also get a DRM-free PDF in addition to the Kindle format (you never know when you'll use it).
- jeremyjh 14y agoYou are right, they don't actually cover Akka - the concurrency chapter covers Scala actors. My memory failed me.