What is Django ORM and what are its advantages?

Beginner

Answer

Django ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) is a layer that allows you to interact with databases using Python code instead of SQL. It maps database tables to Python classes and rows to objects.

Advantages:

  • Database abstraction: Works with multiple database backends
  • Security: Prevents SQL injection attacks
  • Portability: Easy to switch between databases
  • Pythonic: Write database queries using Python syntax
  • Automatic SQL generation: ORM generates optimized SQL queries
  • Migrations: Automatic schema management