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Scala as a Junior Developer

Rock the JVM

Lucas’ story is shared by lots of beginner Scala developers, which is why I wanted to post it here on the blog. I’ve watched thousands of developers learn Scala from scratch, and, like Lucas, they love it! If you want to learn Scala well and fast, take a look at my Scala Essentials course at Rock the JVM. sum > 8 ).

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A Functional Load Balancer with Scala, Http4s and Cats Effect

Rock the JVM

A load balancer usually sits in front of a few servers and forwards the HTTP requests to them based on some algorithm. There are different algorithms that can be used to achieve this goal, in this case we’re going to be using Round Robin algorithm. Project Structure We will use Scala 3.3.0, currentOpt. currentOpt.

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The Future of Java: Top Trends and Technologies

Knowledge Hut

For over 2 decades, Java has been the mainstay of app development. Another reason for its popularity is its cross-platform and cross-browser compatibility, making applications written in Java highly portable. These very qualities gave rise to the need for reusability of code, version control, and other tools for Java developers.

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Two-Factor Authentication in Scala with Http4s

Rock the JVM

If you want to master the Typelevel Scala libraries (including Http4s) with real-life practice, check out the Typelevel Rite of Passage course, a full-stack project-based course. HOTP scala implementation HOTP generation is quite tedious, therefore for simplicity, we will use a java library, otp-java by Bastiaan Jansen.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Best Scala Course

Rock the JVM

This article is all about choosing the right Scala course for your journey. How should I get started with Scala? Do you have any tips to learn Scala quickly? How to Learn Scala as a Beginner Scala is not necessarily aimed at first-time programmers. Which course should I take?

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Scala CLI Tutorial: Creating a CLI Sudoku Solver

Rock the JVM

Antonio is an alumnus of Rock the JVM, now a senior Scala developer with his own contributions to Scala libraries and junior devs under his mentorship. Which brings us to this article: Antonio originally started from my Sudoku backtracking article and built a Scala CLI tutorial for the juniors he’s mentoring.

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Apache Spark vs MapReduce: A Detailed Comparison

Knowledge Hut

MapReduce is written in Java and the APIs are a bit complex to code for new programmers, so there is a steep learning curve involved. Also, there is no interactive mode available in MapReduce Spark has APIs in Scala, Java, Python, and R for all basic transformations and actions. It can also run on YARN or Mesos.

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