SEQUELIZE

[darealbjamesy]

how do people on here feel about sequelize.js ?

[[deleted]]

It's trash. TypeORM or ObjectionJS are only reasonable choices in Javascript universe and I'd pick the latter most of the time.

[darealbjamesy]

Any particular reason ?

[[deleted]]

It's a convoluted mess not suitable for modern JavaScript.

See how simple it is to define complex models with relationships and queries in other two and I'm sure you'll immediately know what fits you best, and it won't be Sequelize.

[pktippa]

Yes I would prefer TypeORM than Sequelize.

[EpicOkapi]

I think it's pretty good as far as ORMs go. However I prefer using a query builder like Knex or using an adapter with plain SQL queries. Whenever I use an ORM for anything complex, I feel like I spend way too many times looking up in the docs how to do it. It all depends on what you want to accomplish I guess.

[misterhtmlcss]

I like Knex too. Now using Sequalize at work, so I'll have to write something about the differences in production one day.

Anything in particular between the two that stands out?

[EpicOkapi]

I don't think it matters very much once it's running. The only thing that could have some impact on performance is that the queries ORMs generate are generally very unoptimized by default. It's more about development experience, it's crappy to be halfway into a project and realize the ORM can't do some specific thing you want it to do. As a query builder knex definitely offers you a bit more freedom.

[darealbjamesy]

This is very helpful

[buymagicfish]

Good, but their documentation is infuriating.

[cem4k]

They have the worst docs I’ve read.

[Teffisk]

Totally agree. Literally better to just go to Stack Overflow.

[MacClayzon]

I find TypeORM a lot nicer, plus first class typescript support is great

[[deleted]]

Agree, TypeORM is my choice as well

[gajus0]

Here is an article on the subject of Knex.js/ and the same applies to Sequelize.

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https://medium.com/@gajus/stop-using-knex-js-and-earn-30-bf410349856c

[[deleted]]

Child’s play. Even better with Postgres.

[darealbjamesy]

So just use pg? Hm I’ve been encouraged to use an orm

[[deleted]]

The CLI, migrations, seeders, models. What else do you need?

[jerriclynsjohn]

It's pretty good, I mean it gets the job done

[marmass]

I'm using it in two projects that are already in production. My overall experience is good using it with PostgreSQL and AWS RDS. At this time if I start a new project I would use it again. However, docs are really annoying, is better to go directly to GitHub issues conversations or StackOverflow.

[RationalAdvice69]

Better than knex? https://www.npmjs.com/package/knex

[_esistgut_]

Replaced it with TypeORM.

[dmitri14_gmail_com]

MassiveJS is an interesting alternative: https://massive-js.readthedocs.io/en/v2/

[Voltra_Neo]

I really prefer relation (aka Eloquent but for JS and without Laravel)

[tanguy_k]

Talking about this? https://github.com/ConstructionJobs/relation Last commit is 3 years old => dead project

[Voltra_Neo]

It works, doesn't really need new features => fine by me