Introduction To ColdFusion 9 ORM

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:15:53 GMT

I have just discovered a fantastic video introduction to ORM using ColdFusion 9 by Ray Camden. The video is available at this web address: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/max-2009-develop/introduction-to-coldfusion-orm/.

For those who do not know much about ORM or what it can do, I strongly recommend that you check it out. ORM, or Object Relational Mapping, is a new feature in ColdFusion 9 and allows you to interact with the database in a way that fits your application, rather than the traditional method of building an application to suit the database. ColdFusion's implementation of ORM is based upon Hibernate.

The code samples that Ray uses in the video presentation are available to download from this resource: http://slidesix.com/view/Introduction-to-ORM-in-ColdFusion-9. I have only recently been introduced to ORM and so have much to learn. The prospect of not having to endlessly write SQL queries for basic crud operations sounds very appealing, however, and so I will be exploring this subject in more depth over the coming weeks and months.

Richard Chappell RSS

Introduction To ColdFusion 9 ORM