Never Again Forget to Call .execute() in jOOQ

jOOQ's DSL, like any fluent API, has one big caveat. It's very easy to forget to call .execute(). And when you do, chances are, you're going to be staring at your code for minutes, because everything looks perfect: ctx.insertInto(T) .columns(T.A, T.B) .values(1, 2); Staring... staring... staring... Why is it not inserting that row? "Aaaah, not … Continue reading Never Again Forget to Call .execute() in jOOQ

One Year After Java 8’s Release, IDEs and Compilers are not Fully Ready Yet

One year ago, on March 18, 2014, Java SE 8 was released, and with it, the bliss of functional programming through lambda expressions and the streams API. These were great news for all of our Java ecosystem, and many people have already upgraded to Java 8. Stack Overflow already yields almost 2500 questions about Java … Continue reading One Year After Java 8’s Release, IDEs and Compilers are not Fully Ready Yet

Top 10 Very Very VERY Important Topics to Discuss

Some things are just very very very VERY very important. Such as John Cleese. The same is true for Whitespace: Whitespace-Shedding Yes. 1080 Reddit Karma points (so urgently needed!) in only 23 hours. That's several orders of magnitudes better than any of our - what we wrongfully thought to be - very deep and interesting … Continue reading Top 10 Very Very VERY Important Topics to Discuss

The Top 10 Productivity Booster Techs for Programmers

This is the list we've all been waiting for. The top 10 productivity booster techs for programmers that - once you've started using them - you can never do without them any longer. Here it is: 1. Git Before, there were various version control systems. Better ones, worse ones. But somehow they all felt wrong … Continue reading The Top 10 Productivity Booster Techs for Programmers