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Building Reactive Apps with the Typesafe Platform 15 Aug 2013 | 01:18 am
It is becoming pretty clear that Reactive is the next big thing in software. But there aren’t very many resources yet about how to actually build a Reactive application. Recently I hosted a webinar ab...
An Alternative to Required API Keys 29 Jul 2013 | 08:50 pm
Requiring API keys to JSON services for publicly available data is leading us down the unfortunate path to screen scraping and HTML parsing. The justification for requiring API keys is that abuses of ...
OSCON Workshop: 6 Minute Apps! Build Your First Modern Web App 17 Jul 2013 | 10:45 pm
Next week at OSCON 2013 in Portland I’ll be leading a hands-on workshop on Monday at 1:30pm where we’ll build a modern web app with Play Framework and Scala. Here are the details: 6 Minute Apps! Buil...
Scala Summit 2013 25 Jun 2013 | 07:26 pm
This summer Bruce Eckel will be hosting the Scala Summit in Crested Butte on August 19 – 21. I’ve been to many of Bruce’s events and they are my favorites. The hallway conversations at regular confere...
Auto-Refresh for Play Framework Apps 16 May 2013 | 03:02 am
Over this past weekend I built a little tool for Play Framework app developers which auto-refreshes an app in Chrome when the source code or static assets change. Check out a video demonstration: For ...
Securing Single Page Apps and REST Services 13 May 2013 | 08:06 pm
The move towards Single Page Apps and RESTful services open the doors to a much better way of securing web applications. Traditional web applications use browser cookies to identify a user when a requ...
Intro to Play Framework at Boulder Area Scala Enthusiasts 22 Apr 2013 | 09:36 pm
This Wednesday (April 24, 2013) I’ll be presenting an Intro to Play Framework at the Boulder Area Scala Enthusiasts meetup. Also, Dustin Whitney will be presenting an Intro to Scala. Hopefully see you...
Presenting Play Framework at Devoxx UK & FR 2013 26 Mar 2013 | 01:38 pm
This week I’m at Devoxx UK and Devoxx FR presenting about Play Framework. Here are the sessions: Tuesday March 26 @ Devoxx UK: Mobile Apps with HTML5 & Play Framework – With Nicolas Leroux Wednesday M...
Intro to Play Framework This Week in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal 19 Mar 2013 | 07:07 pm
This week I’ll be in Canada presenting an Introduction to Play Framework: Toronto Scala Meetup on Tuesday, March 19 Ottawa Scala Enthusiasts on Wednesday, March 20 Scala Montreal Meetup on Thursday, M...
Q&A at the Seattle Scala User Group Tonight 12 Mar 2013 | 08:34 pm
Tonight I will be doing a question and answer session at the Seattle Scala User Group. So bring your Scala, Akka, and Play Framework questions! Hope to see you there.
