marp	true
theme	gaia
style	.columns { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr)); gap: 1rem; } section.small { font-size: 22px; }

Exploring GORM: The Fantastic ORM for Go

and the Django ORM for all you Pythonistas

---

Agenda

We'll cover three main ideas:

• What is an ORM and why should you be using one?
• How to use GORM
• How does GORM compare to other popular ORMs
  • Django ORM

---

What is an ORM?

Object–relational mapping is a technique for converting between relational databases and object-oriented programming languages.

Database	Code
Table	Class / Model
Column	Field / Attribute
Relationships	Field / Attribute

---

Why use an ORM?

• Typed interaction with your database
• Speed up development time
• Prevent SQL-injection
• Auto migrations
• ➖ Higher level abstraction
• ➖ Can lead to poor performance (N+1, etc.)

---

Relationships

• has one / belongs to
• has many
• many to many
• polymorphism
• single-table inheritance

---

Demo — Cars

• has one
  • vehicle and driver
• has many
  • vehicle and model
  • model and manufacturer
• many to many
  • model and parts
• polymorphism: gas and electric vehicles
• single-table inheritance

---

Has many

• A manufacturer has many vehicles

---

Many to many

• A part can fit many vehicles and a vehicle can have many parts
• When using GORM AutoMigrate, GORM will create join tables automatically

---

Has one

• A vehicle has one driver, a person

---

SQL vs. GORM vs. Django ORM functions

SQL	GORM	GORM Gen	Django
SELECT *	db.Select()	q.Person.Select()	queryset.all()
SELECT name	db.Select("name")	q.Person.Select(q.Person.Name)	queryset.values("name")
WHERE name = 'Joe'	db.Where("name=?","Joe")	q.Person.Where( q.Person.Name.Eq("Joe"))	queryset.filter(name="Joe")
LIMIT	.Limit(10)	q.Person.Limit(10)	qs[:10]

---

Repository pattern

---

Active record vs. Data mapper

---

Resources