In an affable and down-to-earth manner, Peter went through two case studies that his company had handled, both small scale web developments in Holland, where he is based. This is somewhat unusual for Scala in particular and any JVM-based language in general: normally much "lighter" technologies, such as ASP.Net or PHP, are used.
He highlighted the use of a stack of technologies: Play, Scala, Slick (for database connectivity and access), PostgreSQL and MySQL for the database and Bootstrap for the website layout. In particular, he went through the use of Slick, which he recommended, as it has an unusual, more SQL, feel compared to other ORM's.
He also emphasised the speed of development and that the amount of code needed was much smaller than previous applications he'd developed: the first application was ~4000 lines and the second ~2000, which are both a lot smaller than the applications I've worked on. It was interesting to see how his team short-cutted: using social media for security (why not?) and Excel spreadsheet integration for record maintenance.
Overall, it was a good presentation about using Scala in a different way.
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