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Squeryl allows user to create database automatically or manually, but does not allow to stop half way and to use Squeryl Schema to assist in manual DB creation. Here is how to fix it

Vaadin is written in Java and its API could be very verbose. Let's see if we can improve that with a bit of Scala

I ran into several issues trying to setup a joint Scala+Vaadin project using Gradle build automation. But I was able to overcome all of them!

I've asked to ignore files that start with a sharp sign. That usually mark the comment

Gradle Cookbook has a one liner to produce a fat jar. But what you want to make it just a bit more slim?

I love Scala, but there are bits that upset me.

It is possible to have hidden configuration properties in Gradle

Yesterday I was fighting a bug which should have never existed in the first place