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Zero To A Scala SBT Project 24 Feb 2013 | 03:19 am
SBT (Simple Build Tool) is a build environment for Scala (and Java) applications. It features Maven-style dependency management, a build definition language, pluggable architecture and an interactive ...
Zero to Hello World in Scala 18 Feb 2013 | 12:11 am
For many developers, the first big hurdle in learning a new language is overcome when they can write and run a basic command-line application in an IDE. Although Scala developers can use the excellent...
Option.get: the shortcut that comes back to bite you 18 Jan 2013 | 10:36 am
When you know that your Option reference is valid, Option.get will let you quickly access the wrapped value: k That was easy! Option.get removes the Option wrapper and returns the inner value so you c...
Prefer headOption to head in Scala collections 1 Jan 2013 | 07:46 am
The List.head() method in Scala’s List collection class provides a simple way to get the first element in the list, but if the list is empty it will throw this exception (since there is nothing it can...
First Post! 31 Dec 2012 | 09:23 pm
And just in time for the new year! I’m giving up the old Wordpress-based blog and the now-obsolete posts there and am starting out fresh for 2013 with a new blog. This new blog is based on Octopress ...
Add Your Twitter Feed To Your Blog 20 Feb 2012 | 01:53 pm
Like most socially-minded online citizens who have a blog and Twitter account, you add your well-composed, full-length posts to your blog but save the pithy but worthwhile sentiments (and retweets) fo...
The Disk Not Ejected Properly Dialog Needs Help 20 Feb 2012 | 12:23 pm
Lately one of my Macbook Pro’s three USB drives has been unmounting and remounting during the night, possibly during a SuperDuper backup session. So when I first use it in the morning this appears: T...
New Blog 13 Feb 2012 | 08:47 pm
Just migrated the blog from ExpressionEngine to WordPress 3.3, happy to be running it on a free and popular publishing platform. What’s New Content’s still the same (no worthy new posts… yet) Theme...
2011 Year In Review 1 Jan 2012 | 03:21 am
In 2011 there were no posts.
Google Calendar Events 5 Apr 2010 | 01:35 am
My first addon for ExpressionEngine, *Google Calendar Events*, is now available: http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/plugins/google-calendar-events/