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DataGrip vs Slick: What are the differences?
What is DataGrip? A database IDE for professional SQL developers. A cross-platform IDE that is aimed at DBAs and developers working with SQL databases.
What is Slick? Database query and access library for Scala. 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.
DataGrip and Slick belong to "Database Tools" category of the tech stack.
Some of the features offered by DataGrip are:
- Intelligent query console
- Efficient schema navigation
- Explain plan
On the other hand, Slick provides the following key 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
Slick is an open source tool with 2.27K GitHub stars and 542 GitHub forks. Here's a link to Slick's open source repository on GitHub.
orat.io, Massdrop, and SpringRole are some of the popular companies that use Slick, whereas DataGrip is used by Como, Betabrand, and SupplyAI. Slick has a broader approval, being mentioned in 7789 company stacks & 4 developers stacks; compared to DataGrip, which is listed in 32 company stacks and 45 developer stacks.
Pros of DataGrip
- Works on Linux, Windows and MacOS4
- Code analysis3
- Diff viewer2
- Wide range of DBMS support2
- Generate ERD1
- Quick-fixes using keyboard shortcuts1
- Database introspection on 21 different dbms1
- Export data using a variety of formats using open api1
- Import data1
- Code completion1