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ORM Stands for Object Relational Mapper. ORMS are software packages that map objects (class instances) to relational database tables (among other relational str

by plq 12y ago

ORM Stands for Object Relational Mapper. ORMS are software packages that map objects (class instances) to relational database tables (among other relational structures) and vice versa. So maybe I'm nitpicking here but this project is not an ORM. There is no relational database here. Also it doesn't do joins, doesn't instrument attributes, makes no effort to convert object hierarchies to flat tables, etc, etc. This is a (de)serialization library for google spreadsheets. Not much different from a CSV, XLS or even html table (de)serializer. It's a nice hack though and certainly got its uses.

Widdershin 12y ago
This is totally true. I simply hadn't thought of a better way to put it than ORM. I think it could be best put as an object spreadsheet mapper.
- danmaz74 12y ago
  "Adapter"?
- gedrap 12y ago
  Maybe just 'Mapper'? As it is exactly what it does - maps spreadsheets to Python objects
- john2x 12y ago
  ORM-like?
shangxiao 12y ago
While technically true, you can somewhat simulate relational data. It would be interesting to see if any object-relational impedance mismatches are addressed. Keep in mind languages evolve over time and definitions change ;)