Thanks for letting me know these, Shlomi. 30.12.2012, 15:05, "Shlomi Fish" <shlo...@shlomifish.org>: > Hi Feng, > > On Sun, 30 Dec 2012 10:14:03 +0800 > Feng He <fen...@nsbeta.info> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a question that, what's the advantage of using an ORM instead of the >> traditional DBI? And what's better for DBIx::Class and Class::DBI? > > Avoid Class::DBI - it is old and lame. DBIx::Class is its more modern and much > better alternative/re-implementation. > > Regarding the advantage of using an Object Relational Mapper > ( ORM - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object-relational_mapping ) instead of > traditional DBI - I suppose it is the same as any other abstraction: once you > learn it, it may be easier to write code using it, require less > programming effort and less code. The possible downside is that, as > abstractions go, it may be leaky - > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/LeakyAbstractions.html - and/or > quirky - http://shlomif-tech.livejournal.com/49510.html , or just plain buggy. > > Regards, > > Shlomi Fish > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ > First stop for Perl beginners - http://perl-begin.org/ > > Trying to block Internet pornography is like climbing a waterfall and trying > to stay dry. (— one of Shlomi Fish’s Internet Friends) > > Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply . > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/
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