Session
Ruby on Rails and the ActiveRecord ORM
Evan (Rabble) Henshaw-Plath, Hacker, Independent
Track: Ruby and MySQL
Date: Thursday, April 26
Time: 10:45am
- 11:45am
Location: Ballroom B
This talk will explore the functionality of Rails' ActiveRecord Object Relational Mapper database library. Rails uses convention over configuration and there are many quirks which stand out from a traditional database library. The talk will cover an overview of the functionality of AR and its use and limitations including defining associations, table name pluralization, and single integer primary keys. Some advanced features will be touched on including using AR on federated databases, optimizing joins, and eager loading of associated objects.