Yes, Ari, I did spend personal time looking into "why use an ORM" as my
first step. I already appreciate that I do not want to scatter SQL
statements throughout my code (I could tell that through my first
step), and I look forward to happily using Cayenne and contributing
back!
Thank you! I have been watching the interchange with this group, and
can see that members support one another eagerly.
Theresa
-----Original Message-----
From: Aristedes Maniatis <ar..sh.com.au>
To: use..ayenne.apache.org
Sent: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 9:20 pm
Subject: Re: Cayenne Architecture
On 16/09/2008, at 12:02 PM, tmgstewar..ol.com wrote:
> I have been investigating Cayenne and have taken the tutorial. I >
have just now started reading the information on the website.
>
> I will be supporting a development that has used Cayenne as its >
ORM. While I have used standard JDBC connectivity and the > connection
object to execute SQL statements on a custom project of > my own,
Cayenne is new to me.
>
> I have been reviewing the development code that I will be >
supporting, but I want a higher perspective so that I may understand >
the methodology dictating the implementation. In that way, not only >
will I understand better the code that I am reading, but also know >
how best to support it.
You are probably already aware of the superficial 'why use ORM'
argu
ments [1]. Beyond that, you should read through all the guides on
the web site, probably skipping the JPA Guide at this time and also
skipping the Remote Client Guide if you are not using ROP in your
development.
After you've done that, please come back to the list with any specific
questions you have. There are lots of helpful people here who'll be
happy to help you. Once you start using an ORM I guarantee you'll never
want to scatter bits of SQL through your code ever again.
Ari Maniatis
[1] http://cayenne.apache.org/why-cayenne.html\\
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