Learn Scala with Specs2 Spring
20.05.12
Using Specs2 Spring to test your Java apps is an efficient and safe way to learn the patterns of object-functional programming
with Scala: you get the benefits of Specs2 (a Scala-based open source testing framework) without leaving the Spring framework
or rewriting perfectly good Java code. Specs2 Spring creator Jan Machachek walks through three testing examples, including
a short introduction to acceptance testing, which will be integrated in the forthcoming Specs2 Spring v1.0.
The Spring framework in its early days revolutionized Java enterprise application development. Lightweight and sensible, Spring
simplified the boilerplate code that made Java programming time-consuming and tedious. It abstracted the details of essential
Java libraries so that developers could just use them in their programs. It made Java programming fun again, and it did so
at a time when many Java developers had become resigned to complexity. Those were the days of Java 1.4.
Source: Java World