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AWS Lambda Example in Java

So, with about a week of development experience building Alexa Apps in node.js on AWS Lambda, I'm reminded of how much I disdain working in javascript (crappy compiler errors, silent failures, no shared memory, etc). Since Lambda is supporting Java 8 now, and there's an Alexa AppKit for Java, it'd be awesome if the Alexa team published the example "colors app" (the same one you have already done in node.js) implemented in Java on Lambda. P.S. - Great work thus far! I've been really successful in getting the stuff I wanted to work up and running. But the overhead added by working in javascript really slows progress down.
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> P.S. - Great work thus far! I've been really > successful in getting the stuff I wanted to work up > and running. But the overhead added by working in > javascript really slows progress down. Ha, I'm just the opposite. I was really annoyed when the initial kit was Java-focused, because I would never choose to develop something like this using a "heavy" language like Java (which is my day job, btw). I much prefer javascript, and I have found it very simple to work with Node.js to build Alexa Skills. To each his own. Glad we can all do it whatever way we choose! :) Matt
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I was playing with Java in Lambda today. But the plugin was broken for me. When I right clicked the project and said Amazon Web Services -> Upload Function to AWL Lambda I got nothing. The tutorials say you are supposed to get a dialog box. I should probably run Eclipse with -console on and see if there's an exception.
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I find groovy to be a really nice happy-medium.... (I grew up a SmallTalker, so duck-typed, dynamic languages are cool...I've just learned to lean too heavily on strong compilers and tools that javascript just doesn't enjoy).
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