> but was turned off by that pre-compilation step. I like having my errors bright and red when I type.
Too bad. Once you have code generation built in your development process (e.g. combining things with Flyway: http://blog.jooq.org/2014/06/25/flyway-and-jooq-for-unbeatab...), I'm sure you'll get a hang of how things work with jOOQ, and most importantly, you'll get your errors bright and red when you type (or when you build)
> That pre-compilation step, though... How does that play with the IDE?
It doesn't integrate with the IDE and I am not too fond of it either.
But if you want ORM as a library in Java, I don't think there is any other option possible. Java has no meta-programming support, and annotations are going to be processed at run-time which is even worse than pre-compilation.
Re:Java Developers
by kazagistar on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:17PM
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I don't see any reason it shouldn't be possible to support pre-compilation steps as part of the IDE. Unless you are actively editing the bits that are compiled, it seems like this should work, but I am not an expert on what goes on behind the curtains of IDEs.
I also don't like code generation. I'm not closed-minded to it, just don't like it if I can avoid it.