Hi everybody, I am not too much into vertx (yet) b...

# vertx

[oshai]

Hi everybody, I am not too much into vertx (yet) but have the following question:
vertx has this module for mysql and postgresql: https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-mysql-postgresql-client
It uses a driver written in scala which is deprecated. I converted this driver to kotlin: https://github.com/jasync-sql/jasync-sql
Do you think it is better to fork the module and create a new one with the new driver or add the driver to the kotlin support or any other idea? if there is a better place to ask this also please let me know...

[napperley]

Definitely fork the module and develop the Kotlin version, go for it! 😁 . Might be a good case to use Kotlin Coroutines to handle concurrency.

[napperley]

If the Kotlin version works out well then it would be a good idea to submit the changes (via a PR) to the vertx-lang-kotlin project ( https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-lang-kotlin ).

[napperley]

This might sound like a silly question. Does the converted driver provide Kotlinic (idiomatic Kotlin) APIs?

[oshai]

No, at the moment other than some operators it can be used both from Java and Kotlin.

[oshai]

Do you know who I should approach to include a new modul in vertex?

[napperley]

Try contacting @julienviet who is the tech lead of the Vert.x project (is also involved with the vertx-lang-kotlin project).

[oshai]

Thanks!