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Safe WebScala is an open source programming language developed by languages designer Martin Odersky and his team at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in 2004. It is a combination of object-oriented and functional programming, and was designed to be a scalable language for the Java Virtual Machine. Unlike other programming languages, Scala combines features of both the object-oriented and functional programming paradigms. It is accompanied by an extensive library and is interoperable with Java and JavaScript.
Scala is type safe, meaning that the compiler has information about the types of objects being manipulated and where possible, will check to ensure their correctness. This allows for programs to fail quickly and at compile time, if type mismatching occurs. Scala also provides the ability to write code that is highly concise and easily maintainable, allowing for fewer bugs, greater readability, and faster development. It integrates with the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), allowing for functional programming techniques to be applied in JVM-based applications with the same performance as Java-based applications.
Scala is well-suited for distributed systems and Big Data processing systems, such as Apache Spark and Apache Flink. It is also increasingly uncommon to see Scala within mobile applications, embedded systems, and web developing.
Scala is used for a large number of web related projects, including Akka, Play, Foursquare, including the source code for Twitter. WhatsApp, LinkedIn, and Quora are three of the more popular applications written in Scala, although there are many more.
Overall, Scala is a powerful language used for both web development and distributed systems, and is growing in popularity. Its ability to be merged with Java, both on the JVM and on the web, makes it a great tool for interoperability among development platforms. Moreover, its concise syntax allows for faster development while providing the stability of a type-safe language, making it a great choice for any development team.
