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by nicoburns 2063 days ago
A much more comprehensive web framework in the form of Laravel (https://laravel.com/docs/8.x). Ruby (Rails) and Python (Django) also offer this. But Laravel is one of the best designed frameworks I've ever used and is a joy to use. And modern PHP is a pretty nice language too.
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partyboat1586 2063 days ago
Cool! I've always found the weak point of Node is the libraries, they are often poorly supported and don't work well together. What's the ORM that comes with Laravel like, any good?
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nicoburns 2063 days ago
> What's the ORM that comes with Laravel like, any good?

Yes, it's pretty decent. Very flexible and always allows you to drop down to lower levels when you need to. knex.js is a port of Laravel's query builder from PHP to JS. But Laravel also has an active record style ORM system on top of the query builder.

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partyboat1586 2063 days ago
Nice, I currently use knex.js with Objection which provides the active record like API on top. You still have to write the migrations in knex but to be honest I prefer it that way because it gives you more control so if you ever do need to drop down to lower levels you know the exact structure.
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paulintrognon 2063 days ago
I have used quite a few ORMs in JS and in PHP, and Laravel's ORM is really one if the best, if not the best.
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