Re:Rewrite it in Rails
by rco8786 on Monday November 04, 2024 @02:06PM
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I think historically that's probably right, but something that has gotten much better with time.
Previously, ActiveRecord gave newer programmers a legible, fluent interface to the database in a language they already knew. So instead of learning SQL, we abused the heck out of AR. I think that the industry, and rails itself, has matured since then and I see a lot less of this nowadays.
Previously, ActiveRecord gave newer programmers a legible, fluent interface to the database in a language they already knew. So instead of learning SQL, we abused the heck out of AR. I think that the industry, and rails itself, has matured since then and I see a lot less of this nowadays.