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As we might remember from the first part of this tutorial, jOOQ states that jOOQ generates Java code from your database and lets you build typesafe SQL queries through its fluent API. The first part of this tutorial describes how we can configure the application context of a Spring powered application which uses jOOQ, but […] Read More about Using jOOQ With Spring: Code Generation

I have had my share of performance problems caused by ORMs. Although I have to admit that most of these problems were really caused by yours truly, I have started to think that using ORMs in read-only operations is not worth it. I started to look for alternative ways to implement these operations. That is […] Read More about Using jOOQ With Spring: Configuration

Yesterday I published a list of my most popular blog posts which were published in 2013. I also promised to choose the "best" blog posts of 2013 and publish that list in my blog. Selecting my favorite blog posts was much harder than I imagined. I also realized that my personal favorites aren't necessarily my […] Read More about My Favorite Blog Posts of 2013

I noticed that Eugen Paraschiv wrote a blog post which lists the most popular articles of 2013 which were published at his website/blog in 2013. Because I think that it is a great idea, I decided to publish my own list as well. Here is my list (all blog posts were published in 2013): Unit […] Read More about 10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2013

When we start a new software project, we are typically full of enthusiasm. The whole team thinks that this time we will be able to avoid the mistakes we made in our previous projects. We dream that this time everything will be perfect. And then, we wake up. When the first weeks (or months) are […] Read More about Why Continuous Improvement Is Worth It?

SQL Performance explained by Markus Winand is a book which has a very bold tagline. This tagline is: Everything developers need to know about SQL performance The book has 192 pages and it covers all major SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, and SQL server). To make matters a little bit more interesting, it concentrates on […] Read More about Book Review: SQL Performance Explained