Over the years, I have become obsessed with writing code tests. One big pain point with writing tests is testing code that interacts with a database. In this post, we will talk about some of the difficulties encountered when writing tests for database interaction and how we can use Testcontainers to mitigate those issues. The Issues On […]
Dec
15
2023
Dec
15
2023
MySQL continues to gear up innovations and now includes rich procedural programming capabilities inside the database. Developers can now write JavaScript stored programs (functions and procedures) in the MySQL database server. The stored programs will be run with the GraalVM run time. This is available as a Preview in MySQL Enterprise Edition and can be […]
Dec
15
2023
MySQL continues to gear up innovations and now includes rich procedural programming capabilities inside the database. Developers can now write JavaScript stored programs (functions and procedures) in the MySQL database server. The stored programs will be run with the GraalVM run time. This is available as a Preview in MySQL Enterprise Edition and can be downloaded via Oracle Technology Network (OTN). MySQL-JavaScript is also available in the MySQL Heatwave cloud service on OCI, AWS and Azure.
Dec
15
2023
MySQL Shorts is a short-format video series dedicated to all things MySQL. This post is one in a series where we will count down the top 5 MySQL Shorts videos based on views.
Dec
14
2023
Worldwide meetups - Recap/Report
Dec
14
2023
Oracle Academy, Oracle’s global philanthropic educational program, is open to educators around the world to advance technology education, skills, innovation, and diversity and inclusion. In this post, we highlight some of the MySQL resources that are available for Oracle Academy Members.
Dec
14
2023
Oracle Academy, Oracle’s global philanthropic educational program, is open to educators worldwide to advance technology education, skills, innovation, diversity, and inclusion. Oracle Academy offers education resources in several tiers – ‘Academy Bytes’, workshops, and complete curriculum – to instructors and students at no cost. Oracle Academy also produces the Oracle Academy Tech Chat podcast and shares news […]
Dec
13
2023
The MySQL community team with local user groups and partners organize MySQL meetups around the world. Below are some of the ones we’ve hosted recently and we hope to bring more user group activities soon. SMUG Meetup, November 30th, from 5pm to 8pm MySQL team in cooperation with Etraveli hold a MySQL Meetup (SMUG) in […]
Dec
13
2023
Error logging is a critical aspect of database administration, providing insights into issues, warnings, and errors that may affect the system’s stability and performance. MySQL 8 introduces Error Log Filtering as a mechanism to fine-tune the error log, allowing administrators to focus on the most critical issues. By assigning priorities to different error types, administrators […]
Dec
13
2023
Long-time web developer Christian Olear shares an insightful developer interview with the OpenLampTech newsletter readers.
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Spanning two-plus decades, Christian Olear has programmed using Laravel, the Zend framework, and Symfony to name just a few, in addition to vanilla PHP.
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