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Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) by yareally on Saturday April 23, 2016 @06:00PM (#11557603)
> "I'm using it for just a web API, and I've had several scala developers tell me to use akka-http instead because it is simpler"

Have you tried Spray? It still uses akka for actors, but I consider it easier to use than akka-http.

http://spray.io/

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Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) by ARussell on Saturday April 23, 2016 @06:30PM (#11557697)
For some reason I've been thinking that Akka HTTP is basically Spray 2.0. Is that not right?
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Re:Scala vs. Node.js as a RESTful back end server (2015) by yareally on Saturday April 23, 2016 @06:49PM (#11557751)
You're correct. Spray is being deprecated for akka-http and is really "spray 2.0."
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