Since 2020 took a serious hit on the excitement in my life, I thought I’d start out 2021 on a high-note: taking Sequelize, a Node JS ORM, for a spin 🚗.

But first, the basics:

What is an ORM?

An ORM, short for Object Relational Mapper, is a tool that allows us to (in this case) interact with the database of our program in our preferred programming language.

Think of it as Google Translate between you and your database: it takes in commands in one language and maps them to another - allowing you to create, read, update and delete data without having to “speak” the databases’ language¹.

Why use a Node JS ORM?

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