JetBrains just announced that they have posted a new EAP release of IntelliJ IDEA that supports Play Framework apps! Here is a quick video I recorded that shows how to get IntelliJ setup with a Play app: Thanks JetBrains! This is awesome stuff!
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Running Play Framework + Scala Apps on Heroku
Building Play Framework apps with Scala is all the rage right now. And for good reason… It’s never been easier to build and deploy JVM-based web apps! Lets walk through how to build a Play app with Scala and then deploy it on the cloud with Heroku. Step 1) Install the Play Framework (make sure [...]
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Learning Scala: Function Literals
I’ve gradually been learning Scala over the past few months and I really have been enjoying it. For me Scala is like Shakespeare. It seems familiar and totally foreign at the same time. I don’t enjoy Shakespeare plays nearly as much as someone who has taken the time to learn the language of Shakespeare. Some [...]
Heroku Java User Group Tour Part 1: Los Angeles and Salt Lake City
This week I’m starting a Java User Group tour where I’ll be travelling to JUGs around the US (or maybe world). On the tour I’ll be giving a talk about Running Java, Play! and Scala Apps on the Cloud. Here is the description: Heroku is a Polyglot Cloud Application Platform that makes it easy to [...]
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Heroku is Hiring
It’s been four months since I started working at Heroku as a Developer Evangelist. Now it is clear to me that I got really lucky. Heroku is a top-notch place to work. The product is sexy. The people are all rock stars. Heroku is owned by Salesforce.com so there is the stability of a large [...]
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Getting Started with Scala on Heroku
Over the past year I’ve been gradually learning Scala and I think it’s fantastic! So I’m incredibly excited that Scala now runs on Heroku! Of course you can use the standard Java on Heroku / Maven method of running Scala on Heroku. But as of today you can also use sbt (the Scala Build Tool) [...]
Java Concurrency with Akka: Composing Futures
I’ve been intrigued by Akka for a while but finally I was able to take it for a spin. The first thing I wanted to learn was how to compose Futures. Composing Futures provides a way to do two (or more) things at the same time and then wait until they are done. Typically in [...]
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Video: Running Java Web Apps on the Cloud
Here is a quick screencast that shows how to instantly deploy Java web applications on the cloud with Heroku. If you want more than a quick introduction check out a recording of my presentation at JavaZone. And visit heroku.com/java for more details on how to get started running Java apps on Heroku.
Flex AOP and Puzzlers at Flash Camp Italy
Next week I’ll be speaking at the Flex Camp in Rimini, Italy. On September 23, Mike Labriola and I will be doing two sessions. First is “Planet of the AOPs” where we will show how Aspect Oriented Programming can be implemented in Flex using runtime bytecode modification. Mike and I will also be doing a [...]
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