Slick is a modern database query and access library for Scala offering static checking and composable queries. All wrapped up in a familiar collection-like api. Sounds great doesn't it ?
But what does it really mean, and how do you use it ? And how should you not use it?
This presentation will give you an introduction to Slick, what it is and how it works, before diving into a series of tips and tricks gathered from using and fighting with Slick on several projects:
- wrangling the code-generator
- schema-changes vs git-branches
- testing
- increasing type-safety
- sbt integration
and more...
Jon-Anders Teigen is a functional programming entuhusiast working at Arktekk. Ever since he stumbled upon Scala many years ago, he has been a happy programmer enjoying the wonderful world of functions, types and parametricity. He lives in Oslo with his family and three bikes.
