Ten Compelling Reasons to Go the Scala Development Way - Metadesign Solutions
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The document outlines ten compelling reasons for developers to adopt Scala, highlighting its interoperability with Java, unique features, and its rising popularity for big data applications. Key advantages include its support for functional programming, DSL creation, and efficient code management, leading to enhanced scalability and concurrency in software development. Major companies like Apple and Netflix are increasingly hiring Scala developers, reflecting its growing significance in the tech industry.
Ten Compelling Reasons to Go the Scala Development Way - Metadesign Solutions
- 1. A blog from Metadesign Solutions TEN COMPELLING REASONS TO GO THE SCALA DEVELOPMENT WAY
- 2. Scala programming is hard but worth learning for developers looking to progress in their careers quickly. Scala is one of the few programming languages used as general-purpose and OOPS. Most of the fundamental concepts such as tuples, macros, and functions are based on OOPS (Object Oriented Programming Languages). Developers already working with Java can compile Scala code inside a Scala compiler run by JVM (Java Virtual Machine). 02
- 3. The popularity of Scala is rapidly increasing. Hiring Scala developers for Scala development companies has become a trend on job portals. 03
- 4. WHAT SCALA OFFERSIS UNIQUE AS COMPARED TO OTHER OOP LANGUAGES? 08 Scala development services are on the rise, with developers frustrated with coding in Java. Apart from just being another OOP language, Scala has unique features that differentiate itself from other languages:- 1. Scala Niche 2. Scala Interoperability 3. Scala DSL 4. Scala OOP 5. Scala functional programming 6. Scala synchronized programming 7. Scala static programming 8. Scala in JVM 9. Scala Syntax 10. Scala for Big data
- 5. 1. SCALA NICHE Numerous technologies, tools, and frameworks support Scala and developers in their development journey. For example, developers use Apache Kafka to develop a high throughput messaging system and the Play framework for building web applications. Some developer communities have also experimented with using Apache Spark for big data applications and services.
- 6. 2. SCALA INTEROPERABILITY Scala is considered an extensible language that extends its capabilities to other OOP languages. Multiple languages coding styles are supported in Scala, and developers enjoy adding multiple libraries from other languages in Scala. Scala code is compiled by the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) in JVM. So, Scala is interoperable with Java via JVM. Scala closely integrates with Java as the 'scalac' runs on the JVM, using its frameworks, libraries, and tools. This interoperability is a boon for MEAN stack development.
- 7. 3. SCALA DSL Scala allows developers to create Scala applications in a DSL format. Scala has numerous built-in libraries such as 'implicit' and 'overloaded operators'that enable coders to create a DSL (Domain Specific Language). A DSL is usually created when developers do not have expert-level coding proficiency in specific programming languages. DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGE
- 8. 4. SCALAOOP Scala is an inherent OOP language, and most of the fundamental concepts of Scala are based on OOP concepts. Every value used in Scala development is saved as an object by default. So OOP-based objects and functions are supported by Scala. PROPERTY CLASS OBJECT METHOD OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING
- 9. 5. SCALA FUNCTIONAL PROGRAMMING Scala has a lightweight independent syntax that developers use to create high-order functions. Coders are usually able to pass functions as arguments to other functions. The compiling and execution time is also fast, and Scala is faster than Ruby, Python, and node.js and hence is the most preferred choice for developers.
- 10. 6. SCALA SYNCHRONIZED PROGRAMMING Scala allows developers to write immutable codes in an immutable manner. This facilitates the coders to program software applications in a synchronizedway and helps in concurrent processing. Web and desktop application development are supported cohesively in Scala, and Scala's ability to compile JavaScript and JVM bytecode makes web and desktop application development more straightforward.
- 11. 7. SCALA STATIC PROGRAMMING Scala supports static programming. During compiling any application, developers verify and enforce different constraints on programs. Various constraints describe statically programming in Scala, and dynamic programming languages limit developers' code security assurance. The code is often filled with bugs and not robust. Static code is not to be tested at runtime scenarios because it is statically tested. Static coding does not always lead to potentially serious defects that never get realized until the code is in production.
- 12. 8. SCALA IN JVM Scala and Java share their runtime environment, i.e., the JRE. This has allowed programmers to move among both languages for execution in both environments. Scala is compiled in JVM and executed into existing Java projects veryquickly. Almost all of the Java SDK classes are also used by Scala development services. Hence, there arises no need to use a different compiler for Scala. Scala itself allows using existing Java libraries in Scala and enables the mixing of the Java Code. Also, by using the Scala libraries,a developer can use Java classes.
- 13. 9. SCALA SYNTAX Scala developers use no semicolon in their scala program, and Scala does not enforce a semicolon after every statement. Instead, a newline character is used as the separator between lines. Enforcement of lesser syntactic code constraints makes Scala easier to learn and program. Unlike Java, C, and C++, learning Scala is effortless for Java developers w.r.t. its code reusability.
- 14. 10. SCALAFOR BIG DATA Scala is one of the most widely used programming languages by big datadevelopers, and it is scalable on a JVM. A few of Scala's best use-cases and applications on JVM are Apache Spark with Scala. This stack is currently being used on Alibaba and Netflix platforms. Cloud conglomerates such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and IBM use Scala for their backend operations. Big Dat a
- 15. CONCLUSION Scala development companies motivate their in-house developers for these ten reasons to give them a heads-up in learningScala. Conglomerates across various business sectors have moved most of their programs to Scala from other languages. The primary reasons are concurrency, scalability, and the abilityto code backend scripts for performing backendoperations. Apple, Twitter, Walmart, Netflix,LinkedIn, Meetup.com, Google, Amazon, IBM, and Autodesk are hiring Scala developers. Source |https://metadesignsolutions.com/ten- compelling-reasons-to-go-the-scala-development-way