+1 heck, I'd be happy with UG passing all tests on Java 8
On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 6:49 PM, Nate McCall <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
