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Open Source in Finance eXchange: Alex McGuire on Scala, A better language for finance?!
Scala, A better language for finance?!
Alex has built systems in a wide range of languages - however for the past two years he has coded almost exclusively in Scala, a language that combines functional and OO features, runs on the JVM and interoperates seamlessly with Java. After describing some of the areas of Scala that are of particular interest in financial development, Alex talks about the reasons Scala improved his team's productivity, reduced the size of the codebase and eased maintainance. He makes the case that Scala should be a serious contender for any development where C++ or Java might have been considered.

ABOUT ALEX MCGUIRE
Alex McGuire is a mathematician who, with a startling lack of originality, ended up working in the city as a quant developer. He has been developing pricing and risk management systems for derivatives of varying complexity for the past twenty years,
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DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE COURSES
Advanced Distributed Systems Design with SOA, ADV DISTRIBUTED DESIGN W SOA
Craig Larman's Applying Advanced Object Design with Patterns, ADVANCED OBJECT DESIGN W PATTERNS
Core Gradle: Gradle, a Build System for Java Workshop, CORE GRADLE: A BUILD SYSTEM FOR JAVA
Core Mule: Mule ESB Architect Workshop, CORE MULE: MULE ESB ARCHITECT WORKSHOP
David Laribee's Leading Lean/Agile Teams, DAVID LARIBEE'S LEADING LEAN/AGILE TEAMS
Eric Evans Domain Driven Design Hands-On Immersion Workshop, DDD IMMERSION WORKSHOP
Eric Evans' Domain Driven Design Overview, DDD OVERVIEW
Design and Deploy Production Ready Software, DESIGN & DEPLOY PRODUCTION READY SOFTWARE
Spring Whizz: Enterprise Integration with Spring Training, ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION W SPRING
Core NetKernel: Enterprise Integration with NetKernel and ROC, ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION WITH NETKERNEL
Java Power Tools Bootcamp, JOHN SMART'S JAVA POWER TOOLS
Liz Keogh's BDD Immersion Workshop: Behaviour-Driven Development for Developers, LIZ KEOGH'S BDD WORKSHOP
Matt Raible's Open Source Java Jewels Course, MATT RAIBLE'S OPEN SOURCE JAVA JEWELS
Sonatype Certified Maven Training, MAVEN TRAINING
Core Mule: Applications Development using Mule Worksop, MULE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
NetKernel Primer: Introduction to NetKernel and Resource Oriented Programming with (ROC) NetKernel, NETKERNEL & ROC PROGRAMMING INTRO
RDFa The Theory and Practice of Structured Data Publishing, RDFA THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF STRUCTURED DATA PU
Rick Evans' Clustered Caching with Oracle Coherence, RICK EVANS' COHERENCE CLUSTERED CACHING
Simon Brown's Software Architecture for Developers Workshop, SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPERS
Eric Evans' Workshop on Strategic Design, STRATEGIC DESIGN WORKSHOP
DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE PODCASTS
Dan Haywood:How to have your domain-driven design cake and eat it, too, domain-driven design
Dan Haywood : 22nd Feb 2010		 View Podcast: How to have your domain-driven design cake and eat it, too,
Dan North:Irresponsible architectures , Irresponsible architectures
Dan North : 22nd Feb 2010		 View Podcast: Irresponsible architectures ,
Stefan Tilkov:Pragmatic Architecture Recipes for Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing
Stefan Tilkov : 22nd Feb 2010		 View Podcast: Pragmatic Architecture Recipes for Cloud Computing,
Rob Davies:Apache Open Source for Financial Services, Apache Open Source for Finance
Rob Davies : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Apache Open Source for Financial Services,
David Vincent:Climbing mount complexity, one event at a time, Climbing mount complexity
David Vincent : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Climbing mount complexity, one event at a time,
Janne Valkealahti:Hand me the spanner, I think it's going to break, Hand me the spanner, I think it's going
Janne Valkealahti : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Hand me the spanner, I think it's going to break,
Alex McGuire:Scala, A better language for finance?!, Scala, A better language for finance?!
Alex McGuire : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Scala, A better language for finance?!,
Angelo Corsaro:I need market data and I need it 1ms ago!, I need market data 1ms ago!
Angelo Corsaro : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: I need market data and I need it 1ms ago!,
Ben Evans:Making every millisecond count! JVM performance tuning in the real-world, JVM performance tuning
Ben Evans : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Making every millisecond count! JVM performance tuning in the real-world,
Emma McGrattan:Waking up to the New Economics of IT, Waking up to the New Economics of IT
Emma McGrattan : 15th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Waking up to the New Economics of IT,
Alex Young :Domain Driven Design, DDD
Alex Young : 9th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Domain Driven Design,
Sadek Drobi:Computation Abstraction, Computation Abstraction
Sadek Drobi : 7th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Computation Abstraction,
Anton Schwaighofer:F# and Units-of-measure for Technical Computing, F# and Units-of-measure for Technical Co
Anton Schwaighofer : 7th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: F# and Units-of-measure for Technical Computing,
:Parkbench Panel Discussion, Parkbench Panel Discussion
: 7th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Parkbench Panel Discussion,
Matthew Sackman:Supercharged Rabbit: Resource Management at High Speed in Erlang, Resource Management at High Speed in Erl
Matthew Sackman : 7th Dec 2009		 View Podcast: Supercharged Rabbit: Resource Management at High Speed in Erlang,
OTHER DESIGN & ARCHITECTURE EVENTS
:NetKernel Primer: Introduction to NetKernel and Resource Oriented Programming with (ROC) NetKernel, NetKernel & ROC Programming Intro
2 DAY COURSE.
Paris, Tuesday, March 30th
:Core NetKernel: Enterprise Integration with NetKernel and ROC, Enterprise Integration with NetKernel
2 DAY COURSE.
Paris, Thursday, April 1st
Elizabeth Keogh:Liz Keogh's BDD Immersion Workshop: Behaviour-Driven Development for Developers, Liz Keogh's BDD Workshop
1 DAY COURSE. Featuring Elizabeth Keogh
London, Friday, April 9th
Alberto Brandolini:Craig Larman's Applying Advanced Object Design with Patterns, Advanced Object Design w Patterns
4 DAY COURSE. Featuring Alberto Brandolini
Paris, Tuesday, April 13th
Simon Brown:Simon Brown's Software Architecture for Developers Workshop, Software Architecture for Developers
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Simon Brown
London, Monday, April 19th
Simon Brown Architecture: where do you start?, Architecture: where do you start?
FREE EVENT: In The Brain of Simon Brown
London, Tuesday, April 20th
:Simon Brown's Software Architecture for Developers Workshop, Software Architecture for Developers
2 DAY COURSE.
Paris, Tuesday, April 27th
Hans Dockter:Core Gradle: Gradle, a Build System for Java Workshop, Core Gradle: A Build System for Java
2 DAY COURSE. Featuring Hans Dockter
London, Thursday, April 29th
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