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What is an ORM in Node.js and why use one?

Mid NodeJS
Quick Answer An ORM (Object-Relational Mapper) lets you interact with your database using JavaScript objects instead of raw SQL queries. Mongoose is the ORM for MongoDB; Sequelize and Prisma are popular for SQL databases. Benefits: type safety, schema validation, simpler query syntax. Trade-off: can obscure performance issues from inefficient generated queries.

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ORMs like Sequelize or TypeORM map database tables to objects, simplifying queries and enforcing consistency.
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