scala
Scala 2 compiler and standard library. Scala 2 bugs at https://github.com/scala/bug; Scala 3 at https://github.com/scala/scala3 (by scala)
rust
Rust for the xtensa architecture. Built in targets for the ESP32 and ESP8266 (by esp-rs)
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Apache License 2.0 | Apache License 2.0 |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
scala
Posts with mentions or reviews of scala.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-04-08.
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Deploying a Scala Play Application to Heroku
I’ve been a web developer for years, but I haven’t touched Java in a long time — like, late-90s long. Back then, Java development felt cumbersome: lots of boilerplate and complex configurations. It was not exactly a pleasant experience for building simple web apps. So when I recently started exploring Scala and the Play Framework, I was curious more than anything. Has the Java developer experience gotten better? Is it actually something I’d want to use today?
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Top FP technologies
Scala
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TypeScript's Lack of Naming Types and Type Conversion in Angular
Elm, ReScript, F#, Ocaml, Scala… it’s just normal to name your types, then use them places. In fact, you’ll often create the types _before_ the code, even if you’re not really practicing DDD (Domain Driven Design). Yes, you’ll do many after the fact when doing functions, or you start testing things and decide to change your design, and make new types. Either way, it’s just “the norm”. You then do the other norms like “name your function” and “name your variables”. I’m a bit confused why it’s only 2 out of 3 (variables and functions, not types) in this TypeScript Angular project. I’ll have to look at other internal Angular projects and see if it’s common there as well.
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Programming in Scala as a "Better" Java
Scala is a programming language for the JVM born in 2004 that is both object oriented and functional. Since it runs in the JVM it can call any Java method and be called by any Java method. So, moving from Java to Scala is practically pain free, all you have to do is learn the new syntax. You have all the Java libraries at your disposal plus all the improvements Scala has to offer. Even though Scala is both OOP and Functional it doesn't force you to use either of the two paradigms and so it can just be used as a simple OOP replacement for Java with great benefits to speed of coding and readability. In this article I will not get into the details but just show you enough to make you curious and try it. If you want to dive deeper here is a link for you: https://www.scala-lang.org
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Counted B-Trees
Funnily enough this is (was?) used by the Scala collection library's TreeSet/TreeMap, for fast performance of the `take` and `drop` operations. This is a red-black tree though, not a B-Tree.
Commit https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/82/commits/b7e671446892c... of PR https://github.com/scala/scala/pull/82
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Groovy 🎷 Cheat Sheet - 01 Say "Hello" from Groovy
Recently I had to revisit the "JVM languages universe" again. Yes, language(s), plural! Java isn't the only language that uses the JVM. I previously used Scala, which is a JVM language, to use Apache Spark for Data Engineering workloads, but this is for another post 😉.
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Top Paying Programming Technologies 2024
8. Scala - $96,381
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Server side(Backend) programming languages
Scala
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Functional Programming Library for Golang by IBM
Big Scala vibes here, see also [1].
1: https://github.com/scala/scala/blob/v2.13.11/src/library/sca...
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Scala 2.13.11 and 2.12.18 are here
For details, refer to the release notes on GitHub: * https://github.com/scala/scala/releases/tag/v2.13.11 * https://github.com/scala/scala/releases/tag/v2.12.18
rust
Posts with mentions or reviews of rust.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-07.
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ESP32 example project
The esp-template issue might be this one: https://github.com/esp-rs/rust/issues/158. Try with --release or updating to 1.68.0 with espup update. I'll take a look at the log as soon as I can, atm Im on the phone and is not that easy to scroll through :(
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Are there any Rust forks out there?
Sure. Espressif maintains a fork which adds support for their microcontrollers.
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Would it be possible to compile openssl-sys for esp32
I am trying to make a vaccine passport validation for my country using the ESP32 for my micro controller. I have gotten the std rust library to compile using (esp-rs)[https://github.com/esp-rs/rust], but the actual validation library that I use needs openssl which refuses to compile.
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Are there situations where it's better to use C++?
Xtensa. They've got a fork of LLVM that supports it that they're working toward getting upstreamed. The community has a fork of rustc that uses it (and a quickstart crate) while we wait for it to get upstreamed.
- Rust-Xtensa: Rust for Xtensa Processors. Built in Targets for the ESP32/ESP8266
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Multi-use kernel written in Rust
It only works if you have an Xtensa compiler which takes hours to compile, here: Rust Xtensa (if you don't have it). The network driver is just a function that sets the name of the driver so the Esp32 does something other that blinking.
- Could IOTA transaction be started solely from the IoT capable device (like esp32)?
What are some alternatives?
When comparing scala and rust you can also consider the following projects:
rust - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
Elixir - Elixir is a dynamic, functional language for building scalable and maintainable applications
kotlin - The Kotlin Programming Language.
odbc-api - ODBC (Open Database Connectivity) bindings for Rust.