Using Specs2 Spring to test your Java apps is one way to start learning Scala's object-functional programming patterns, without leaving the Spring framework or tossing out perfectly good Java code.

Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and Functional Programming (FP) try to provide solutions for handling the software’s maintainability and complexity. OOP encapsulates away the complexity, while ...

Scala is essentially a fusion of the old object-oriented and the new functional.” To understand what he means, you need to refrain from thinking of the term “functional” as synonymous with ...

Functional programming has a core appeal for some developers, says Scala founder Martin Odersky: “The programmers in that segment like functional programming because it makes code clearer ...

Academic researchers have published a study investigating the effect of programming languages on software quality, concluding the issue is hard to quantify but also identifying significant findings, ...