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You should learn SQL and understand relational databases. But using an abstraction (ORM) to cover 80% of the use cases is much better than writing tons of boile
by meistro 12y ago
You should learn SQL and understand relational databases. But using an abstraction (ORM) to cover 80% of the use cases is much better than writing tons of boilerplate SQL. http://java.dzone.com/articles/martin-fowler-orm-hate http://java.dzone.com/articles/martin-fowler-orm-hate
- clebio 12y agoThank you. I searched to see if his article had been mentioned, and glad to find you did. The link he gives to Ted Neward's post is gone, but I found it in the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20141205230114/http://blogs.tedneward.com/2006/06/26/The+Vietnam+Of+Computer+Science.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20141205230114/http://blogs.tedn... Seems like this thread has gone down a very old, well worn rabbit hole.