Sealed traits are essential for idiomatic Scala code, but many developers are hazy on the details of their working. In this post we describe why you want to use them, and how to use them correctly to increase the quality of your code.
Sealed traits are essential for idiomatic Scala code, but many developers are hazy on the details of their working. In this post we describe why you want to use them, and how to use them correctly to increase the quality of your code.
Query enrichment (or query extensions) in Slick can provide a concise way to express domain-specific logic. This gives extra flexibility beyond Slick’s combinators, such as map and filter. This post builds up an example micro DSL, showing the benefits in clarity and reduced repetition.
I spent last week at the rather ungainly titled Strata + Hadoop World London, O’Reilly’s big data conference. I’ve attended the London event since it started in 2012 and it’s been interesting to observe how the conference has changed over time.
Essential Slick is a new book we’ve been working on, which is now available for early access. That means, we’ll be making updates before we announce a final version, although all the chapters are available. This post tells you a bit more about the book and its origin.