Re:Java-based Startups, do they exist?
by rzwitserloot on Tuesday September 04, 2007 @06:33AM
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http://tipit.to/ is mostly GWT on the front and all java on the server.
CF is crap. Groovy is okay, but not -that- great. I'd go with jython or jruby instead if you're thinking of using Groovy.
Scala is absolutely great. It's my favourite language. tipit's server side isn't Scala based only because I wasn't fully aware of Scala when we started out. Scala is functional in theory but even with a very imperative background you can write your code and slowly get used to solving problems 'the functional way', which does come off a bit cleaner (e.g. using case classes).
CF is crap. Groovy is okay, but not -that- great. I'd go with jython or jruby instead if you're thinking of using Groovy.
Scala is absolutely great. It's my favourite language. tipit's server side isn't Scala based only because I wasn't fully aware of Scala when we started out. Scala is functional in theory but even with a very imperative background you can write your code and slowly get used to solving problems 'the functional way', which does come off a bit cleaner (e.g. using case classes).