Enough is enough
10 things developers need to shut up about
Some IT topics are absolutely in need of debate. Then again, there are others that developers simply need to leave behind.
#haskell
This should function as a good introduction
Tutorial: Developing Web Applications in Haskell
Patrick Brisbin on the benefits of using a pure functional language for creating real-world web sites.
Jumping in the deep end?
Scala 2013: A Pragmatic Guide to Scala Adoption in Your Java Organization
Is Scala too complicated for widespread adoption in Java teams, or is it that Devs who tinker around with things they dont fully understand make Scala seem overly complex?
Scala to close Java gap? You bet
$14m capital funding, Scala is ready to take on Java
Todays latest news is the surest indication so far that JVM language Scala has positioned itself to challenge Java and can only mean good things for Scala devs.
No longer impenetrable
Oracle closes Fortress language down for good
After a decade of development, Oracle decides to axe the long-running high performance language project.
Fanfare please
Introducing Loop – a new JVM language
Yet another JVM language has appeared – Loop is a little language focusing on simplicity and parallelism and armed to deal with concurrency.
New Release
SpringSource releases Spring Data for Redis 1.0.0
First stable version of Spring library for the popular no-nonsense NoSQL datastore
