Scala For Building DSLs (domain-specific languages)

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Mar 082012
 

Scala is a very powerful OO + FP language which is well suited for building DSL’s and for writing highly concurrent programs – we will explore these areas. Some very powerful, expressive and type safe DSL’s have been written using Scala for e.g. Foursquare uses a type safe expressive DSL called Rogue, the integration open source project Camel has a Scala based DSL. My talk would describe how to build DSL’s using Scala, what features in Scala help make it a great option for building DSL’s and some examples of DSL’s built in Scala.

Using Scala for building DSLs was presented at 6th Annual IndicThreads.com Conference On Java, December 2011, Pune, India.  Presentation – Slides

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Scala Testing Framework, ScalaTest Released

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Oct 122009
 

ScalaTest is an open-source testing framework that aims to speed up tests by leveraging the Scala programming language.  ScalaTest 1.0, released today claims to reduce the amount of test code lines required in testing. This reduction in code lines is a product of Scala, an object-oriented language that compiles to Java bytecode and runs on the Java Virtual Machine. Continue reading »

Google Launches ‘Noop’ Language For The Java Platform

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Sep 172009
 

Noop is a new language that attempts to blend the best lessons of languages old and new, while syntactically encouraging industry best-practices and discouraging the worst offenses. Noop is initially targeted to run on the Java Virtual Machine, is what the Noop site says. Continue reading »

Azul Releases Java Virtual Machine 2.5, the industry’s only virtualized JVM

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Aug 272009
 

Azul Systems has released Azul Systems Java Virtual Machine 2.5 (AVM 2.5), which claims to be the industry’s only virtualized JVM. The AVM 2.5 release includes several new features, including support for the Windows platform, improved diagnostics and profiling functionality, and enhanced performance capabilities. Continue reading »

Microsoft Ends Java Virtual Machine (JVM) Support

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Jul 072009
 

Microsoft has removed 10 security patch downloads, all associated with Microsoft Java Virtual Machine (JVM) technology. Microsoft originally licensed its JVM technology from Sun Microsystems. The support ended as of June 30, 2009, according to the security bulletins and a Microsoft support page. However this move isn’t much of a concern for users as most Java users use the Sun JVM and not the one licensed by Microsoft.

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