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Those were my fears with sticking with something like Scala. I just know I would fall back on imperative programming rather than being forced to understand func

Those were my fears with sticking with something like Scala. I just know I would fall back on imperative programming rather than being forced to understand functional programming. Scala itself doesn't seem bad, but my gripe is just getting a working project set up. With sbt, I know I have to create a few files just to get up and running. Not knowing Maven syntax - can be embedded in sbt, I think - or sbt itself, I don't find it appealing to learn that kind of tooling outside of work.

weddpros 12y ago
I used Scala for a project of mine, and I relied on Eclipse for the build environment... I didn't use sbt directly, and incremental compilation was very fast. I've recommended Lighttable because it's a very dynamic editor: it has a REPL, it can evaluate every line you type. It makes it easier to learn: no apparent compilation. I dream of using Lighttable to develop something... Check this video: it's in Javascript, but it shows why Lighttable is so amazing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52SVAMM3V78 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52SVAMM3V78)