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1 === What is Scala? ===
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3 Scala is a modern language not unlike Groovy.
4 It is said to be more powerful (and faster) than Groovy or Rails which has been the reason for its adoption at sites like Twitter.
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6 Many of its features and paradigms favor multi-threaded and concurrent development:
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8 |= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
9 |= Mutable/Immuable Datatypes |Collections (e.g: //NSArray/NSMutableArray//) | No | //All datatypes//
10 |= Closures | (//extensions//) | No | //Built-in//
11 |= Static variables | Yes | Yes | No
12 |= Static methods/functions | Yes | Yes | No
13 |= Concurrency | Grand Central Dispatch (//extensions//) | //Threads// | Actors
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15 Other notable features include:
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17 |= |= Objective-C |= Java |= Scala
18 |= Parametered methods | Yes (e.g: //addObject: to:_) //| No | Yes (e.g: //add(object= ,to=)//
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20 === Why Use Scala? ===
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22 With Web 2.0, building concurrent WebObjects applications is a must.
23 Developing and maintaining a concurrent or multi-threaded WebObjects application can be challenging.
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25 Scala offers concurrency built into the language.
26 So it may offer new solutions to allowing concurrency in WebObjects.
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28 === Can WebObjects be Programmed With Scala? ===
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30 Yes. It is very simple.
31 Scala compiles to java bytecode. Hence using it with WebObjects is fairly straightforward.
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33 == How to Develop WebObjects With Scala ==
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35 1. [[Install the Scala eclipse IDE>>http://www.scala-lang.org/node/94]]
36 1. Add Scala support to your project
37 11. Right-click your project in the WO Explorer
38 11. In the context menu select Scala -> Add Scala Nature
39 1. Convert or use ##.scala## instead of ##.java## source
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41 {{note title="Note"}}
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43 This is for Eclipse/WOLips developers
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45 {{/note}}
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47 == WO Scala Example ==
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49 The following is a mixed Java/Scala version of the WO Movies D2W app.
50 All the EO logic and WO components are in Scala.
51 Only the Application class is Java.
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53 {{attachments patterns=".*zip"}}{{/attachments}}
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55 === Setup ===
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57 1. Install and run the OpenBase OBMovies database.
58 1. Right-click on Application.java and run as a WOApplication (as usual).
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60 ==== EO Templates ====
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62 See: [[Scala templates>>http://wiki.objectstyle.org/confluence/display/WOL/EOGenerator+Templates+and+Additions]]