What's an ORM?
The database translator app
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The TL;DR
An ORM is software that lets developers interact with their database in their programming language of choice – instead of SQL.
Most apps are built on relational databases like MySQL or PostgreSQL, which you talk to using SQL
SQL is great, but can get complicated and unwieldy when building web apps
ORMs translate SQL into languages developers are b…
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