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By dragos:

Thanks!

`final vals` in objects are compiled to constants, so it saves a field access. It's a convention, and useful when performance is important.

I think the testing framework is not that difficult to grasp. Have you seen this? http://scala-ide-portfolio.assembla.com/spaces/scala-ide/wiki/Integration_Tests Let me know if you have specific questions, or it's still not clear (we can definitely improve that document).