Using Traits and Mixins in JVM Languages
Java eliminated quite a bit of complexity by eliminating multiple inheritance (MI). But that also meant we lost some design capabilities. The primary problem with MI was method collisions. What if methods can collaborate rather than collide. Traits and mixins, in languages like Scala and Groovy, offer us some real nice design choices. These can be used to implement more elegantly some common design patterns.
In this presentation, you'll learn about traits and mixins and how you can benefit from them.
About Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam is an award-winning author, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., creator of agilelearner.com, and an instructional professor at the University of Houston.
He has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, and is a regularly-invited speaker at several international conferences. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with sustainable agile practices on their software projects.
Venkat is a (co)author of multiple technical books, including the 2007 Jolt Productivity award winning book Practices of an Agile Developer. You can find a list of his books at agiledeveloper.com. You can reach him by email at venkats@agiledeveloper.com or on twitter at @venkat_s.
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