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Why SQL bind variables are important for performance
Bind variables are important for SQL performance. Lukas Eder, Java champion and founder of JOOQ, tells us more about them.
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How to ensure your code works with older JDKs
How can you make sure your code works with older JDKs? Lukas Eder, Java Champion, gives us the answer.
Looking forward to JDK 10
Using JDK 10’s local variable type inference with jOOQ
What’s on deck for JDK 10? Lukas Eder, Java Champion, explores some of the new features that are planned for the next Java release, including local variable type inference.
Efficient, not lazy!
Are Java 8 streams truly lazy? Not completely!
It’s time to talk about Java 8 streams. Are they actually a sign of lazy coding? In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder explains why they are important and why you should filter first, map later.
If you liked his post on how to code like a great programmer, this is for you
Sunny with a chance of tweetstorms: 32 opinions about Java
Whether it’s about open source, Java, or even the intractable debate over stateful design vs. stateless design, Java Champion Lukas Eder has a lot of thoughts about the current state of the programming world.
Common sense programming
10 tips on how to be a great programmer
Talent can be important to succeed, but following common sense rules while programming is vital. In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder shares his top tips on how to code like a great programmer.
The Java ecosystem’s obsession with NonNull annotations
In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder weighs in on the Java ecosystem’s obsession with NonNull annotations and explains why using type annotations is a very strategic decision.
Listicles do work
10 SQL tricks that you didn’t think were possible
In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder invites readers to take a look at 10 SQL tricks. The article is a summary of his new, extremely fast-paced, ridiculously childish-humored talk, which he’s giving at conferences (recently at JAX, and Devoxx France).
Wouldn't it be nice?
10 features I wish Java would steal from the Kotlin language
In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder invites readers to have a serious look at some Kotlin language features that we should have in Java as well.
That's right, folks!
jOOQ 4.0’s new API will use annotations only for truly declarative Java/SQL programming
In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder reveals that developers will now be able to completely effortlessly translate their medium to highly complex SQL queries into the exact equivalent in jOOQ annotations.
Kudos to Ceylon
Ceylon might just be the only (JVM) language that got Nulls right
In this article, Java champion Lukas Eder looks at Ceylon from a different perspective and discovers that it might be the only (JVM) language which got Nulls right. The roadmap is explained below.
A very peculiar, but possibly cunning Kotlin language feature
This has caught me by surprise. After studying the Kotlin language to learn about how to best leverage this interesting new language for jOOQ, I stumbled upon this puzzler.
Functional programming beats annotations every time
Use JUnit’s expected exceptions sparingly
Sometimes, when we get pull requests for jOOQ or our other libraries, people change the code in our unit tests to be more “idiomatic JUnit”.
The waiting is over
2016 will be the year remembered as when Java finally had Window Functions!
You heard right. Up until now, the awesome window functions were a feature uniquely reserved to SQL. Even sophisticated functional programming languages still seem to lack this beautiful functionality (correct me if I’m wrong, Haskell folks).
