What is an ORM
A layer of abstraction that sits between the database and us
We can perform all database operations though traditional Python code
No longer requires SQL
What do ORMs do?
Instead of manually defining tables in Postgres, we can define our table as python models
Queries can be made exclusively through python code
No SQL is necessary
SQLAlchemy
FastAPI ORM Setup Documentation
Is one of the most popular python ORMs
Is a standalone library and has no association with FastAPI
It can be used with any other python web framework or any python based application
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