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> As far as I know, Scala newbies are coming back to Java. With Play! and Scooter, Java is more Ruby than Scala. From what I've seen it's been a one-way street

• johnx123-up 14y ago
  > From what I've seen it's been a one-way street from Java -> Scala. Those users may be core Java developers who don't use any frameworks. If you ask me, Scooter is quite is easy to port any Ruby code easily than any other Scala frameworks out there. Scala adoption is killing Play community (2 times it got forked due to the difference) and that's why they now market it for both Scala and Play. As someone mentioned in Play forum long time ago, Scala is not suitable for team due to its readability. Heck I myself (and our team) used Scala and moved back to Java Play.
  • trailfox 14y ago
    Interesting. We find Scala to be more readable than Java. I guess it depends on the type/style of Scala you write. You definitely need be mindful of readability when writing Scala code (code reviews etc. help to ensure readable code). We use Play because it works well with Scala.