Thanks Cameron....and sorry on the portable/better goof ;-) I'd say from what you and Russ have said that there is no urgent need for me to experience the learning curve. I'll swing back and take a peek so I am better informed and give it a fair kick at the can ;-)
Cheers On Mon, 2012-12-03 at 14:04 -0500, Cameron Childress wrote: > 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 > -- Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. - makers of FACTS⢠phone: 250.480.0642 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: br...@electricedgesystems.com web: www.electricedgesystems.com and www.fisheryfacts.com ________________________________________________________________________ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail -----CONFIDENTIALITY------ This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this message and attachments. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:353357 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
