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An Object Relational Mapper is software that lets developers interact with their database in their programming language of choice – instead of SQL. ORMs translate SQL into languages developers are building their apps in, like JavaScript or Python.

Popular ORMs include Django, SQLAlchemy, Sequelize, and ActiveRecord. Almost every developer uses an ORM of some sort; and a new wave of databases are popping up with ORMs built in.

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What's an ORM?

An ORM translates database talk into application talk.

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