Scala Days 2015 Recap
I was very fortunate to attend Scala Days 2015 in San Francisco this week. It was incredible to talk to the people behind the language, and to get a glimpse of a wide ecosystem. I wanted to post …
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Debugging Apache Spark Jobs
Would you like to step through your Spark job in a debugger? These steps show you how to configure IntelliJ IDEA to allow just that. Unlike a traditional Java or Scala application, Spark jobs expect to be run …
Launching Robolectric tests from Android Studio 1.0
I recently upgraded my Android toolchain to the official Android Studio 1.0. I’ve set up a new project, and as with any Android app, included Robolectric to allow for easy unit testing. I was able to configure Gradle …
Apache Spark on EC2
Its easy to get started with Apache Spark. You can get a template for a Scala job using the Typesafe Activator and have it running on a local cluster with a small dataset. You can also use a handy …
Reactive Android, Part 3
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series we examined different methods of creating a reactive application on Android, where events (either UI events originating from the application user, or background events generated by the system) trigger certain …