Of late, there has been a tremendous surge in interest for programming in Scala. Here are some of the reasons why people are choosing to program in Scala.
- Java/JVM compatible
- Runs on the JVM
- Can reuse Java libraries
- Concise code
- Less boiler plate code
- Type inference
- Type system
- Statically typed
- Rich type system
- Supports OOP style
- Mixin composition - traits
- Companion objects (Singletons tied to types)
- Supports Functional Programming style
- Functions are first class values
- Function literals
- Emphasis is on using vals, immutable objects, functions without side-effects
- Is scalable
- User defined types
- User defined operators
- User defined control structures
- Can be used to write scripts
- Can be used to write large applications
