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I checked the site, I checked Github, but I still have no idea what "ORM" means. Wikipedia suggests several different meanings which seem to fit: Object-relati

• monos 16y ago
  in this context 'Object-relational mapping' is the most likely meaning.
• bmelton 16y ago
  ORM = Object Relational Mapping Put as simply as I can put it, it's an abstraction layer in front of SQL. The general logic (which I object to, though I still prefer ORM-based development) is that most of your class Objects relate to how you would store them in a database. Your 'User' object has a first name, a last name, a password, etc., which all map neatly to database records. So, instead of doing "INSERT INTO users firstname, lastname, password) VALUES ('foo', 'bar', 'baz');", you create a user object: User.firstname = 'foo' User.lastname = 'bar' User.password = 'baz' User.save()
  • aw3c2 16y ago
    Thank you!