Scala and Java in same project

Question

Can I use Scala and Java in the same project? I am new with programming so it\'s a litte bit confusing for me.

From my research I have read that the best combination to

Answer 1

Short answer

Yes

Longer answer

Scala and Java work good together.

Scala main compilation target can be compiled is Java bytecode that runs on any JVM. On top of runtime compatibility, the Scala language itself supports interoperability.

So the basic project setup looks like

./src
   /main
       /scala
       /java
    test
        /scala
        /java

How everything is bound together is determined by the build system that you are using, i.e. sbt, gradle or maven all provides good support here.