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by krasnoukhov 4373 days ago
It looks like you're missing the point. As an example, I've built the adapter for DynamoDB[1] so you can throw sequel out in matter of minutes even for existing app, and most likely without any code change.

[1] https://github.com/krasnoukhov/lotus-dynamodb
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CarlHoerberg 4373 days ago
No, if I choose Sequel (http://sequel.jeremyevans.net) I want to use all the power it gives me, not some lowest common denominator.. Also not all projects needs models, you know, there's other data access patterns..
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matdes 4373 days ago
the concept of a model is not at all tied to a data access pattern unless you subscribe to model = ActiveRecord::Base inheritor in the Rails world.

Model is a well-defined term in the domain-driven design world, as in "Domain Model"

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vidarh 4372 days ago
The presence of Lotus::Model was a red flag to me, until I realised that Lotus doesn't seem to depend on it being used? I don't want my web framework to dictate my model API.

Lotus::Model may be great, and I like that it's actually trying to implement the DataMapper pattern, but there are projects where all the model code was written for the backend and we only later decided to expose it as a web API for example, and switching to another model layer would be out of the question.

You might want to emphasise more strongly that these components can (assuming I'm right) be mixed and matched with other components like Sequel if you prefer, since the naming sort-of hints that it's all tied together.

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jodosha 4372 days ago
@vidarh Lotus doesn't depend on Lotus::Model. I kept it out from the dependencies because of the reasons that you've described. Future versions of Lotus will have some facilities for Model, but it won't be a requirement.

EDIT: BTW Lotus::Model is shipped with an SQL adapter that is a nicer wrapper on top of Sequel. If you love this library you will love Lotus::Model too.

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