What is Slick?
It is a modern database query and access library for Scala. It allows you to work with stored data almost as if you were using Scala collections while at the same time giving you full control over when a database access happens and which data is transferred.
Slick is a tool in the Database Tools category of a tech stack.
Slick is an open source tool with 2.6K GitHub stars and 608 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Slick's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Slick?
Companies
7831 companies reportedly use Slick in their tech stacks, including ROBLOX, MasterCard, and Grab.com.
Developers
1368 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Slick.
Slick Integrations
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, and Scala are some of the popular tools that integrate with Slick. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Slick.
Slick's Features
- Seamless data access for your Scala application
- Write Scala code to query your database
- All database entities and queries are statically checked at compile-time
- Compose query operations just as if you were using Scala's collections
Slick Alternatives & Comparisons
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