On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Bryan Stevenson < br...@electricedgesystems.com> wrote:
> So what is it about ORM that makes this "WAY WAY WAY better" > I didn't say "better", actually, I said "portable" > Why is ORM (or ORM with CF) the magic bullet? Simple real life example? There is no such thing as a magic bullet. This is the reason we all are employed. I've used ORM in CF for a number of projects, and have used/explored maybe 50% of it's functionality so far. I am by no means an expert, however in my own personal experience.. ORM is good at: - Hibernate makes CRUD drop dead simple. - Your code will be shorter, more consistant - Changes are easier to make in one central place - You can even have Hibernate build your tables for you! Including relationships and indexes! - HQL Will let you "drop down to SQL" when the ORM entities don't seem to be doing the job alone. ORM is bad at: - Learning curve. The basics are easy. Adding complexity adds er... complexity. - Errors that it throws are sometimes misleading and semi-nonsensical (impacts learning curve) - Things like Self-Joins and more advances functionality can be difficult to figure out. Like any tool in your programming toolbox, you have to know when to use it and when not to. -Cameron -- Cameron Childress -- p: 678.637.5072 im: cameroncf facebook <http://www.facebook.com/cameroncf> | twitter<http://twitter.com/cameronc> | google+ <https://profiles.google.com/u/0/117829379451708140985> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:353353 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
