Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework

Re:Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework by th1nkdifferent on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:34AM (#16357555)

Could you cite an example of how Scala is unsuitable for the web? Between Scala and JavaScript, I would pick Scala in a heartbeat for one reason alone - it's strongly typed. Both of them offer OO & FP.

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Re:Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework by fknop on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:38AM (#16357576)

Strongly typed was one of the problem I found. TypeScript offers a better alternative to typing on the web because it keeps the compatibility with javascript and also have a real any type when it's really necessary. Typescript now can import raw js without types definitions unlike Scala.

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Re:Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework by lmm on Monday February 12, 2018 @05:50AM (#16357856)

I believe Scala can use javascript libraries either dynamically or with type definitions in exactly the same way as TypeScript?

I tried to use TypeScript but the type system just wasn't good enough; when you've been working in a strongly-typed language like Scala for a while, a language without nominal types or HKT just isn't going to cut it.

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Re:Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework by th1nkdifferent on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @02:25AM (#16365344)

Could you illustrate, preferably with an example, how weak type system would have worked better than a strongly typed system?

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Re:Udash – Scala and Scala.js Reactive Web Framework by fknop on Monday February 12, 2018 @04:40AM (#16357588)

You can do FP in any OO language. OO is an extension on top of FP.

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