Minecraft and Scala: Creating a DSL to enable kids to create Minecraft Mods
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One of the things that makes Minecraft so big is the modding scene. Minecraft mods are traditionally created using Java. We have been running workshops using the combination Java and Minecraft with great success. But using Java in this scenario is not really ideal: there is lots of boiler-plate code that have to be simply ignored by beginners. If such boiler plate code can be ignored, why is it even there?
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Minecraft and Scala: Creating a DSL to enable kids to create Minecraft Mods
Paulo Siqueira
Previously a Java developer, Paulo "JCranky" Siqueira is a Senior Software Engineer at Zalando, where he has lots of fun writing functional code in Scala. He is passionate about Scala and a frequent Open Source contributor - and also an amateur pianist when time allows. He is also the co-founder of the Scaladores - an Scala meetup group in São Paulo, Brazil.