Friday, October 19, 2012

Watch Out SpringSource, Scala Is Coming for Java Virtual Machine Programming

By Martin Rolee


When SpringSource was launched back in 2004, it was perhaps one of the most revolutionary ideas at that moment. The prospect of hosting and running an application that was light on memory and might also work exclusive of EJB platform on a device as simple as a web browser, completely revolutionized the manner app development was initiated. However, Spring Framework has grown to be the benchmark right now and is not as exciting as it seemed in 2004.

The latest developments in the market are not the Android OS, SaaS, PaaS, or mobile computing. It is Typesafe's Scala, Akka and Play. Several people might argue that it is too early to declare with conviction that these frameworks will trigger a massive shift from the Spring framework but it is a well known verity that appear to choose Typesafe's products to Oracle's.

At least the types with the data of using Scala do. When you talk to a Scala program designer, you will be overwhelmed by a barrage of how this framework is superior over its competitors (read Java) and how it will entirely take over Java soon.

But we do know that enthusiastic support is not the only ingredient necessary for victory. If you are signed up for Java training courses don't abandon it for these newbie brainwashing languages. The reason behind this is the fact that there have been a few similar competitors over the years. However, Java has stood resolved and has not been replaced by those, even if many of the competitors have enjoyed their moments.

The recent statement that Typesafe made of the $14 million funding that they received might have sent out an alert and we can assume that it will cause some enhancements in Typesafe's offerings. However, there are many difficulties that need to be addressed before we can term Scala as the new Spring Framework.




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