Sequelize Command Line and Migration

Sequelize ORM: Interacting with databases using Node

James Fielder Articles, Databases, Development Technologies & Tools, Programming Leave a Comment

Today, we are going to be going over a very useful tool called Sequelize. It is an Object Relational Mapper (ORM), which allows us to interact with relational databases using Node.js.

Sequelize supports many different databases, but in this blog, we will be using MySQL. We will go over how to set up a local MySQL instance and a Node.js server using Sequelize to communicate with it.

Along the way, we’ll learn basic Sequelize functionally, such as the command line tool and migrations, to understand how to work with the database…

Using Dapper Flexibly

Jason Schmidtlein .NET, Articles, Development Technologies & Tools 1 Comment

Dapper is a micro ORM (Object Relational Mapper) for .NET that is nearly as fast as using a raw ADO.NET data reader. It is a great alternative to Entity Framework, especially when performance is a top priority and you don’t need all the features of a “heavy” ORM.

In this post, I will provide an example of creating a generic CRUD repository that leverages the performance of Dapper while providing flexibility for a multitude of scenarios..