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Scala in the Enterprise
Created by admin on =
2009-06-12. Updated:=20
2009-07-30, 07:48
Twitter
The Scala programming language is used by many companies to develop=20
commercial software and production systems; please find below some =
notable=20
examples. Your company can also benefit from using Scala, just like=20
them!
Twitter provides an extremely = popular=20 real-time messaging service, which allows friends, family, and = co-workers to=20 stay in touch.
Alex Payne, API Lead at Twitter, gave a =
fascinating=20
presentation at Web 2.0=20
Expo San Francisco, 01 April 2009 about why Twitter uses Scala. He =
explains=20
why they like the language, how they have gained performance with it and =
the=20
difficulties they encountered on the way. You may like to take a look at =
To handle the peak rates of Tweeting, 5000=20 per minute during the Obama Inauguration, each tweet causing = hundreds of=20 posts to followers, Robey Pointer at Twitter has moved their main = message queue=20 from Ruby to Scala for improved performance. He explains the concepts = behind the=20 Twi= tter=20 Kestrel project on his live journal and = the more=20 concise 1500 lines of Scala code can be seen as open source project here.
Bill Venners from Artima, had the opportunity to t=
alk to=20
three of the Twitter developers, Steve Jenson, Alex Payne and Robey =
Pointer.=20
They have created and upgraded one of the fastest growing social =
messaging=20
services in the world. You can learn what they think of Scala, how they =
use it,=20
and understand about some of the benefits they have gained from their=20
move.
=C3=89lectricit=C3=A9 de France =
Trading
=C3=89lectricit=C3=A9 de France = (EDF) is the largest=20 French energy company. EDF=20 Trading (EDFT) is the subsidiary of EDF that operates on = the=20 energy market: when the energy markets were liberalized, power became a = tradable=20 commodity, and it became possible to buy and sell future capacity just = like=20 other financial instruments. More in general, EDFT operates "to source, = supply,=20 transport, store, blend, and convert physical commodities across the = wholesale=20 energy markets". Over the past few years their development team, led by = Alex=20 McGuire, has replaced a substancial part of their 300,000 lines of Java = code for=20 energy derivatives trading and pricing with Scala code. EDFT has seen a=20 significant increase in development productivity and much improved = interfaces=20 for their users, the Power traders.
Alex McGuire says, that in this mission critical business = application,=20 Scala plays an important part in the implementation and is = impressed by=20 Scala. Alex, a mathematician and former options trader, has over 15 = years of=20 development experience creating financial trading = applications.
EDFT considered that the Scala=20
IDE for Eclipse was crucial to their development effort, and =
directly=20
funded Miles Sabin, =
Reaktor
Reaktor is a Finnish = software company,=20 employing 110 people, providing software development and software = development=20 consulting services to many of the large Finnish companies. Their = software=20 services are mostly targeted at Finnish market although the products are = often=20 deployed around the world and used by millions of people.
The cornerstones of the company are unparalleled technological = expertise, the=20 best experts in the field, high quality products and services and the = drive to=20 always succeed. Reaktor, an exciting and progressive company, was ranked = the=20 best workplace in Finland and number two in Europe in 2009. At Reaktor, = people=20 always come first.
In the last two years developers at Reaktor have become enthusiastic = about=20 Scala, started introducing the language into new development projects = and now=20 recommend the technology to their customers.
In one case, Scala was chosen as a solution for a mobile game logic = DSL, in a=20 system now deployed around the world. The top level Scala script bundled = together more fundamental elements. The resulting package has been used = more=20 extensively since.
In another, Scala was used to implement a Web based home security = system.=20 Scala's xml API was particularly effective for interacting with a third = party=20 provided xml-over-http service.
According to Hannu Ter=C3=A4v=C3=A4, Chief Technology Officer, =
"Ultimately the client=20
decides what technologies we use; I believe that we will see more and =
more Scala=20
projects in the future."
Siemens boosts productivity = with=20 ESME
On March 4, 2009, Siemens announced the availability of
Darren Hague, SAP Mentor and ESME team lead briefly explains
You can also read an interview where
Others
We have received many reports about Scala in the enterprise, in = particular we=20 heard news about Xerox and Office Depot adopting Scala as well; we are = in the=20 process of obtaining more information.
Meanwhile, please find below some of the Scala deployments we heard = about; we=20 are unable to verify all of them at this time, but we will update = the list=20 as we receive more precise information.
- We hear reports that Sony=20
Pictures Imageworks uses Scala to write middle-tier =
software,=20
from the management of terabytes of digital assets to disk storage and =
disk=20
backup management; that is according to the information contained on =
&nb= sp; - Scala is also being used in the scientific publishing group
- Scala is reportedly used in
- Triental,=20
a wealth management company, based in Uppsala, Sweden, also uses =
Scala.=20
Contact: Jonas Bon=C3=A9r, Triental AB,
&= nbsp; - Scala is in use at
- AD = Holdings=20 (CCTV systems) also uses Scala. Contact: Ricky Clarkson.
&nb= sp;- The company SAIC=20 (government contracting in the USA) is using Scala on a project to = provide a=20 RESTful and XML-RPC API. Contact: Michael Fogus, SAIC,
- A French company based in Paris,
- WattzOn, =
- AD = Holdings=20 (CCTV systems) also uses Scala. Contact: Ricky Clarkson.
You can use Scala to make software development more efficient in =
your=20
company, just like Twitter, Siemens, and the other companies above have =
done. If=20
you have already started developing Scala software for your company,=20
and you would like to let us know more, please just send us a quick =
message.
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