Scala snippets 3: Lists together with Map, flatmap, zip and reduce
You can’t really talk about scala without going into the details of the Map, flatMap, zip and reduce functions. With these functions it is very easy to proce...
Scala snippets 2: List symbol magic
The following snippets are available: Scala snippets 1: Folding Scala snippets 2: List symbol magic Scala snippets 3: Lists together with Map, flatmap,...
Scala snippets 1: Folding
Coming from a Java background, Scala provides lots of nice features and libraries that allow you to create nice and concise code. Wrapping your head around t...
ReactiveMongo with Akka, Scala and websockets
I was looking for a simple websocket server for one of my projects to test some stuff with reactive mongo. When looking around, though, I couldn’t really fin...
Use reactive streams API to combine akka-streams with rxJava
Just a quick article this time, since I’m still experimenting with this stuff. There is a lot of talk around reactive programming. In Java 8 we’ve got the St...
First steps with REST, Spray and Scala
On this site you can already find a couple of articles on how to do REST with a multiple of different frameworks. You can find an old one on Play, some on Sc...
Access information from GeoTIFF using Java
I’m always very interested in combining information from various open data sources together. The last couple of weeks I’ve been working with GIS related info...
Widgets and dashboard with Atlasboard, Node.js and d3.js
So it’s been a while since I added something to this blog. I’ve been very busy with work and at the same time finishing up my second book on Three.js. For ou...
Create global precipitation (rain) visualizations with HTML5, Canvas, and open data
I’m currently working on my next book for Three.js and one of the chapters deals with visualizing open data. When looking around for data that I could use, I...
Browser to browser communication with Vert.x, websockets and HTML5
I’ve been playing around with Vert.x for a couple of weeks and I’m really starting to like the simplicity of the framework. With very little configuration yo...
Win a Free Copy of Packt’s Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL
We are pleased to announce that we are organizing a giveaway especially for you. All you need to do is just comment below the post and win a free copy of Lea...
Capture Canvas and WebGL output as video using websockets
About a month ago I got the request to create a video from one of the WebGL demos on this site (the rotating earth cube, showing population density). So, of ...