Cassandra has moved to Java 8 only recently fwiw. I'm fine with that for UG.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Rod Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 > > > > -- > Rod Simpson > T @rockerston > W rodsimpson.com > > On February 18, 2015 at 1:16:19 PM, Dave ([email protected]) wrote: > > In the two-dot-o branch, the new persistence engine uses lots of functional > / reactive programming patterns via RxJava. These patterns are a natural > fit for Usergrid, but RxJava forces us to use a lot of ugly boiler plate > code and it forces new developers to have to go through the non-trivial > RxJava learning curve. > > > Moving forward I propose that we should write code using the same patterns > that we use with RxJava, but with Java 8 instead. Java 8 allows us to most > of the same things that RxJava does, but with much nicer syntax -- and it's > going to be much better supported, documented and well-known than RxJava > will ever be. > > > What do others thing about requiring Java 8 for Usergrid 2.0? > > > Thanks, > > - Dave > -- ----------------- Nate McCall Austin, TX @zznate Co-Founder & Sr. Technical Consultant Apache Cassandra Consulting http://www.thelastpickle.com
