Using Traits and Mixins in JVM Languages
Java eliminated quite a bit of complexity by eliminating multiple inheritance (MI). But that also meant we lost some design capabilities. The primary problem with MI was method collisions. What if methods can collaborate rather than collide. Traits and mixins, in languages like Scala and Groovy, offer us some real nice design choices. These can be used to implement more elegantly some common design patterns.
In this presentation, you'll learn about traits and mixins and how you can benefit from them.
About Venkat Subramaniam
Dr. Venkat Subramaniam, founder of Agile Developer, Inc., has trained and mentored thousands of software developers in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Venkat helps his clients effectively apply and succeed with agile practices on their software projects, and speaks frequently at international conferences and user groups. Venkat is also an adjunct faculty and teaches CS courses remotely at the University of Houston. He is author of ".NET Gotchas," coauthor of 2007 Jolt Productivity Award winning "Practices of an Agile Developer," author of "Programming Groovy: Dynamic Productivity for the Java Developer" and "Programming Scala: Tackle Multi-Core Complexity on the Java Virtual Machine" (Pragmatic Bookshelf).
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