Async HTTP Client and Akka
UPDATE: I just discovered Spray, an asynchronous REST library. It also has a nice HTTP client and is fully integrated to Akka. So I would recommend to to used that…
Read moreAsync File IO with Akka and Java 7
Akka provides tons of nice facilities to deal with concurrent and asynchronous operations. However at the edges it often gets rougher when you deal with the non Akka world. For…
Read more’Decompiling’ Scala
Somehow I often end up in a situation where I need to take a look at what the Scala compiler generates, mainly at the class-signature of the generated stuff. So…
Read moreModify Annotations in Scala
In Scala I rarely use annotations. However when you need to interoperate with a framework which relies on annotations you need use them. So lately I wanted to store some…
Read moreScalaQuery, a Small Database Library
On this blog I usually talk about no relational databases, like RavenDB or db4o. But guess what, I still like regular relational databases. A while back I needed to read…
Read moreRunning Akka 2.0 On Android (WIP)
This information here is allready quite outdated. With the current Akka 2.0 master snapshot some issues are gone, while new pitfalls introduced. I will update / create a new post…
Read moreAnnoying Void in C# / Java / alike
One thing which regularly annoys me in C# and Java is the void type. Basically the void type is not a subtype of object, which makes it giant. Now when…
Read moreYeah, Akka 2.0
The first pre release bits of Akka 2.0 have been released. Unfortunately I haven’t looked all that deep into it yet. However, what I’ve seen really impresses me. It fixes…
Read moreAkka-Mobile: First Code Snippets
So far I’ve only talked about the idea / conceptof the Akka-Mobile. This time I show some small code examples =). Of course the current implementation is a uncompleted prototype.…
Read moreAkka-Mobile: Unreliable Connections, Push-Messages
Oh, it has been a while since I’ve talked about my pet project =). This time I’m talking about the fundamental issues I want to tackle in the project. Client-Server…
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