Comments on: ORM: The Vietnam of Computer Science? http://devnulled.com/content/2006/06/orm-the-vietnam-of-computer-science/ devnulled provides news, tips, resources, and articles about various topics that software developers and engineers enjoy. Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:35:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Doug Sims http://devnulled.com/content/2006/06/orm-the-vietnam-of-computer-science/#comment-11928 Doug Sims Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:31:24 +0000 http://devnulled.com/?p=576#comment-11928 I have an ORM one to many relationship between hammer and <a href="http://www.evenamonkey.com" rel="nofollow">banana</a> I have an ORM one to many relationship between hammer and banana

]]> By: Brandon Harper http://devnulled.com/content/2006/06/orm-the-vietnam-of-computer-science/#comment-11920 Brandon Harper Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:40:42 +0000 http://devnulled.com/?p=576#comment-11920 Nah. :) I meant to be more to the point of being pragmatic in showing a counter argument for ORM since it's currently "teh hotness". So, while I usually like drinking the kool-aid, I also like to be aware of it's weaknesses as well. <blockquote> The majority of the time I think it’s a good way to go with your data model, but there are plenty of exceptions. </blockquote> I think ORM is great in most cases and actively use it in Java, ColdFusion and Python. I just happen to have came across a use case where I don't think it's a good idea, and consequently came across that blog entry which seems a good counter argument to be aware of. Nah. :)

I meant to be more to the point of being pragmatic in showing a counter argument for ORM since it’s currently “teh hotness”. So, while I usually like drinking the kool-aid, I also like to be aware of it’s weaknesses as well.

The majority of the time I think it’s a good way to go with your data model, but there are plenty of exceptions.

I think ORM is great in most cases and actively use it in Java, ColdFusion and Python. I just happen to have came across a use case where I don’t think it’s a good idea, and consequently came across that blog entry which seems a good counter argument to be aware of.

]]> By: Doug Hughes http://devnulled.com/content/2006/06/orm-the-vietnam-of-computer-science/#comment-11919 Doug Hughes Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:28:37 +0000 http://devnulled.com/?p=576#comment-11919 Did I just read that to mean "ORM is bad, butere's a link to Reactor!"? ;) Did I just read that to mean “ORM is bad, butere’s a link to Reactor!”? ;)

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