A Java Developer's Guide to Scala
This session is for Java developers who are curious about the increasingly popular co-inhabitant of the JVM named Scala. In this session, we will discuss the Scala language and tooling, and introduce some of the popular libraries and frameworks in the ecosystem. You will leave this
presentation primed for your own exploration into Scala and equipped to begin utilizing it within your existing Java stack.
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About Joe Barnes
Joe Barnes is currently a Senior Software Architect at Mentor Graphics where he leads development of cloud-based web solutions such as PartQuest.com. He has spent most of the last decade developing applications on the JVM, with Scala taking focus in recent projects. As an eager life-long learner himself, Joe is passionate about helping others learn and improve the craft through mentoring, blogging, lecturing, and contributing to open source.
Joe can be found blogging at prose::and::conz and on Twitter as @joescii. He also operates as joescii on GitHub where he is a Lift committer and general open-source Scala slinger.
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