Functional PostgreSQL without JDBC - Jesper Öman, Scala Stockholm Winter Meetup, Nov 2024 Part 1

Jesper Öman introduces Skunk, a purely functional, non-blocking PostgreSQL library for Scala, and demonstrates its usage through a live-coded application.

Part 1 of the Scala Stockholm Winter Meetup at Magine Pro Talk: Jesper Öman, Magine Pro Topic: Skunk: Functional PostgreSQL without JDBC Skunk is a purely functional, non-blocking PostgreSQL library for Scala which doesn't use JDBC. In this talk, we'll give a brief overview of the library and live code a small application using it. To follow along: github.com/jesperoman/skunk-scala-meetup About Jesper: Jesper has been programming since the 80s and professionally for over 25 years. He started out with Java development but has focused on Scala and functional programming during the past 10 years. At Magine, he develops and maintains the backend services supporting the Magine video streaming platform. Thanks to Magine Pro and Jesper Öman Music: Top-Flow, Summer Vibes