Author Archives: Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

An Amazon S3 Script, a Video and a question

Posted on 4 Jun 2013 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hi guys and gals! It’s been a long time since I last posted something. I’ll talk a bit about the reasons behind it in the end of this post, but first the main course: the S3 Script. I had to … Continue reading →

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Akka Essentials Book Review

Posted on 14 Feb 2013 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Recently I had the opportunity to read the Akka Essentials book. This post is a brief review of this publication. Hope you enjoy. The only good thing about this book is that it is short. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, but … Continue reading →

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NetBeans and Scala Screencasts

Posted on 25 Jan 2013 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Last week I started recording screencasts. It’s a new experience, and I’m enjoying it. For now, its only in portuguese, but if you are english speaking and would like to watch them, I’ll consider recording in english as well. Just … Continue reading →

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Lojinha (small store) is in production!

Posted on 26 Dec 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Hi! In this (a bit old) post, I mentioned an application I’m developing, called Lojinha – which stands for “small store” in portuguese. This development has two goals: exercise and explore some technologies I’m studying and using, and to sell … Continue reading →

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How to write a desktop / standalone application in Scala?

Posted on 23 Dec 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

An student asked this question to me a while ago, and I figured it might be valid for other people starting with Scala as well. So I’ll try to give general directions in this post. The idea is not to … Continue reading →

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A little bit about Scala eXchange 2012

Posted on 26 Nov 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Last week I went to Scala eXchange 2012, in London. The conference was great, and I’ll have more to say about it later, perhaps through other means different than here. Not sure yet. I’ll also talk about the event in … Continue reading →

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What about the Scala community?

Posted on 17 Sep 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

Here in Brazil, the scala community is still at its early stages. We are few, but we exist. And more people are always learning about the language, and some of them join the community. A friend and I even created … Continue reading →

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Scala Exchange 2012

Posted on 3 Sep 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

And so I decided. I will be attending Scala Exchange, at Skills Matter, in London, November 19th-20th. I was looking for a good excuse to travel to London for a while, and this conference seems to be it. A good … Continue reading →

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Defensive object copies in java and how scala avoids it

Posted on 23 Aug 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

In one word: immutability. But read on for the whole history =) In another, old post, I wrote about the usage a primitive long value instead of Date objects in attributes. This kind of thing is usually called defensive copy, … Continue reading →

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akka microkernel with maven

Posted on 13 Jul 2012 by Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira

And then I have to use the Akka Microkernel. Not that this is bad news. The bad news is that I have to do it with maven. The project I’m doing this for is already using maven, and has a … Continue reading →

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