“I’m a programmer, not a database administrator; I prefer to
live in a world of code rather than table schemas and confusing SQL
queries. This mindset is one of the reasons I find the Rails
framework such an appealing solution; Rails so effectively
implements an approach to database integration that plays to the
developer’s strengths. This approach is most notable in Rails’
Active Record implementation, in which the object-relational
mapping mechanism allows you to treat database tables like
objects.“Yet inevitably, most developers are going to be forced to
interact with the database outside of the world of models,
controllers, and views…”
Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.
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