Conference Legal Disclaimers

After deep consideration with our lawyers, we would like to follow suit with Oracle and provide you with the following legal disclaimer about our jOOQ-related conference talks, as presented at the awesome GeekOut conference in Tallinn. Please do read them and take them seriously.

Java 8 Friday: 10 Subtle Mistakes When Using the Streams API

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we're really into jOOQ's fluent API and query DSL, we're absolutely thrilled about what Java 8 will bring to our ecosystem. Java 8 Friday Every Friday, we're showing you a couple of nice new tutorial-style Java 8 features, which take advantage of lambda expressions, extension methods, and … Continue reading Java 8 Friday: 10 Subtle Mistakes When Using the Streams API

Stop Trying to Emulate SQL OFFSET Pagination with Your In-House DB Framework!

I'm pretty sure you've gotten it wrong in numerous ways, so far. And you probably won't get it right any time soon. So why waste your precious time on SQL tweaking, when you could be implementing business logic? Let me explain... It hasn't been until the recent SQL:2008 standard that what MySQL users know as … Continue reading Stop Trying to Emulate SQL OFFSET Pagination with Your In-House DB Framework!

Java 8 Friday: JavaScript goes SQL with Nashorn and jOOQ

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we're really into jOOQ's fluent API and query DSL, we're absolutely thrilled about what Java 8 will bring to our ecosystem. Java 8 Friday Every Friday, we're showing you a couple of nice new tutorial-style Java 8 features, which take advantage of lambda expressions, extension methods, and … Continue reading Java 8 Friday: JavaScript goes SQL with Nashorn and jOOQ

Don’t Forget to Set the SEQUENCE CACHE Size

In most cases, simply creating an Oracle SEQUENCE with all defaults is good enough: CREATE SEQUENCE my_sequence; This sequence can then be used immediately in triggers when inserting new records in a table: CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER my_trigger BEFORE INSERT ON my_table FOR EACH ROW -- Optionally restrict this trigger to -- fire only when … Continue reading Don’t Forget to Set the SEQUENCE CACHE Size

Java 8 Friday: Most Internal DSLs are Outdated

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we're really into jOOQ's fluent API and query DSL, we're absolutely thrilled about what Java 8 will bring to our ecosystem. Java 8 Friday Every Friday, we're showing you a couple of nice new tutorial-style Java 8 features, which take advantage of lambda expressions, extension methods, and … Continue reading Java 8 Friday: Most Internal DSLs are Outdated

QueryDSL vs. jOOQ. Feature Completeness vs. Now More Than Ever

This week, Timo Westkämper from QueryDSL has announced feature completeness on the QueryDSL user group, along with his call for contributions and increased focus on bugfixes and documentation. Timo and us, we have always been in close contact, observing each other's products. In the beginning of jOOQ in 2009, QueryDSL was ahead of us. But … Continue reading QueryDSL vs. jOOQ. Feature Completeness vs. Now More Than Ever

What if Developing a Simple Data Management Application Just Took 1-2 Days?

What if developing an application just took 1-2 days? What if I can create it myself with only 10 clicks? What if I don't need you developers anymore? Said every manager since the beginning of history. This is what all managers dream of. Click click click, next next next, and you're done! Easy, right? Time-to-market: … Continue reading What if Developing a Simple Data Management Application Just Took 1-2 Days?

Yet Another 10 Common Mistakes Java Developers Make When Writing SQL (You Won’t BELIEVE the Last One)

(Sorry for that click-bait heading. Couldn't resist ;-) ) We're on a mission. To teach you SQL. But mostly, we want to teach you how to appreciate SQL. You'll love it! Getting SQL right or wrong shouldn't be about that You're-Doing-It-Wrong™ attitude that can be encountered often when evangelists promote their object of evangelism. Getting … Continue reading Yet Another 10 Common Mistakes Java Developers Make When Writing SQL (You Won’t BELIEVE the Last One)

Java 8 Friday: Better Exceptions

At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we're really into jOOQ's fluent API and query DSL, we're absolutely thrilled about what Java 8 will bring to our ecosystem. Java 8 Friday Every Friday, we're showing you a couple of nice new tutorial-style Java 8 features, which take advantage of lambda expressions, extension methods, and … Continue reading Java 8 Friday: Better Exceptions