Reading and writing JSON with Scala
This blog post explains how to read and write JSON with Scala using the uPickle / uJSON library. This library makes it easy to work with JSON files in Scala. […]
Creating open source software is a delight
Writing open source software gives you the opportunity to collaborate with highly motivated developers and build awesome code that’s used by folks around the world. You can influence community best […]
Scala Filesystem Operations (paths, move, copy, list, delete)
Basic filesystem operations have traditionally been complex in Scala. A simple operation like copying a file is a one-liner in some languages like Ruby, but a multi-line / multi-import mess […]
Migrating Scala Projects to Spark 3
This post explains how to migrate your Scala projects to Spark 3. It covers the high level steps and doesn’t get into all the details. Migrating PySpark projects is easier. […]
Reading data from Google Sheets to Spark DataFrames
This blog post explains how to read a Google Sheet into a Spark DataFrame with the spark-google-spreadsheets library. Google Sheets is not a good place to store a lot of […]
Managing Multiple Java, SBT, and Scala Versions with SDKMAN
SDKMAN is an amazing project that makes it easy to manage multiple versions of Java and Scala on a single computer. It also provides support for other Java ecosystem projects […]
Running Multiple Versions of Java on MacOS with jenv
jenv makes it easy to run multiple versions of Java on a Mac computer. It also makes it easy to seamlessly switch between Java versions when you switch projects. Running […]
Scala Templates with Scalate, Mustache, and SSP
The scalate library makes it easy to use Mustache or SSP templates with Scala. This blog post will show how to use Mustache and SSP templates and compares the different […]
Expressively Typed Spark Datasets with Frameless
frameless is a great library for writing Datasets with expressive types. The library helps users write correct code with descriptive compile time errors instead of runtime errors with long stack […]
Write sqlite tables to CSV / Parquet files
This blog post explains how to write sqlite tables to CSV and Parquet files. It’ll also show how to output SQL queries to CSV files. It’ll even show how to […]