The myth of using Scala as a better Java

Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java by TeMPOraL on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:14AM (#13773759)

Seems perfectly fine for building desktop applications in Java (which is what I've been doing for the last 1.5 year at my $dayjob).

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Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java by srssays on Thursday March 02, 2017 @08:55AM (#13773975)

Java has problems on OS X and Linux. It is not truly cross-platform like Electron is.

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Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java by TeMPOraL on Thursday March 02, 2017 @09:01AM (#13774011)

Don't know about the OS X problems much, but on Linux it's workable with FX (our product is actually used on both Windows and Linux). OTOH, Electron achieves its portability by shipping the whole Chromium browser with your application...

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Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java by kuschku on Thursday March 02, 2017 @10:57AM (#13774992)

There is actually one issue JavaFX has on Linux: It uses Gtk to determine renderscale, so it can’t handle HiDPI at all (Gtk only scales in integer amounts, so everything is either 96dpi or 192dpi)

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Re:The myth of using Scala as a better Java by FreezerburnV on Thursday March 02, 2017 @09:31AM (#13774178)

Could you talk a little bit about these problems? I was not aware of any serious issues on non-Windows platform, and would like to hear about them. As Java/Kotlin is generally my go-to language for making things in my off time, that would be helpful to know about.

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