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Scala for Java Developers

You're reading from   Scala for Java Developers Build reactive, scalable applications and integrate Java code with the power of Scala.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2014
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ISBN-13 9781783283637
Length 282 pages
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Thomas Alexandre Thomas Alexandre
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Scala for Java Developers
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Programming Interactively within Your Project 2. Code Integration FREE CHAPTER 3. Understanding the Scala Ecosystem 4. Testing Tools 5. Getting Started with the Play Framework 6. Database Access and the Future of ORM 7. Working with Integration and Web Services 8. Essential Properties of Modern Applications – Asynchrony and Concurrency 9. Building Reactive Web Applications 10. Scala Goodies Index

Exploring MongoDB


As the volume of information to process and store has drastically increased in the past few years, many IT shops have been looking for alternatives to traditional relational databases to store and query data. The not only SQL (NoSQL) database movement has gained popularity as a way to trade consistency and structure of the data for more efficient or flexible data storage. MongoDB (www.mongodb.org) is a database product designed to store documents in formats, such as JSON, and with no strict database schema. Along with the Java driver built to access and query a MongoDB database, we are going to discover how the Casbah Scala toolkit (https://github.com/mongodb/casbah) can be used to conveniently access and query such a database through a DSL.

Entering Casbah

The only requirement to start experimenting with Casbah is to add its .jar library dependency to an SBT or Play project. In a new directory on your disk, type > play new ch10samples from a terminal window and add the...

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