BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London PRODID:-//developerFusion//DeveloperFusion.Events.Export 1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20120215T170000Z DTEND:20120215T190000Z LOCATION:, , Stockholm, SE DESCRIPTION:Peter Hilton will open the meeting with a short presentation on his view about Scala's role as language on the JVM which we will discuss with other Scala celebrities.Why Play needs Scala and why Scala needs PlayPlay 2.0 is a Scala rewrite of Play 1.2, which was implemented in Java. Although Scala makes various things easier to implement and reduces the need to use bytecode enhancement at runtime, it's the type-safe templates that will have the biggest impact for most users. SUMMARY:Why Play needs Scala and why Scala needs Play UID:137782@developerfusion.com URL: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR