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Knex.js vs Sequelize: What are the differences?
ORM solutions help facilitate data-driven API development. They function as a high-level API to execute CRUD, and to initialize data through code. Sequelize is an Object Relation Mapping or ORM for Node.js which is easy to learn and has lots of cool features such as synchronization, association, validation and so on. With support for PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, and MSSQL. It is available via NPM. Knex.js is an SQL query builder for JavaScript used for relational databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite2 and Oracle. It supports transactions, connection pooling, streaming queries, a thorough test suite, and the ability to run in the browser. Knex can be used in both Node.Js and the browser, limited only by WebSQL’s constraints.
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Pros of Knex.js
- Write once and then connect to almost any sql engine11
- Faster10
- Nice api, Migrations/Seeds8
- Flexibility in what engine you choose7
- Free7
- Multi support and easy to use5
- Simple query API1
Pros of Sequelize
- Good ORM for node.js40
- Easy setup30
- Support MySQL & MariaDB, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Sqlite19
- Open source14
- Free13
- Promise Based11
- Recommend for mongoose users4
- Atrocious documentation, buggy, issues closed by bots3
- Typescript2
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Cons of Sequelize
- Docs are awful30
- Relations can be confusing9
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What is Knex.js?
Knex.js is a "batteries included" SQL query builder for Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite3, and Oracle designed to be flexible, portable, and fun to use. It features both traditional node style callbacks as well as a promise interface for cleaner async flow control, a stream interface, full featured query and schema builders, transaction support (with savepoints), connection pooling and standardized responses between different query clients and dialects.
What is Sequelize?
Sequelize is a promise-based ORM for Node.js and io.js. It supports the dialects PostgreSQL, MySQL,
MariaDB, SQLite and MSSQL and features solid transaction support, relations, read replication and
more.
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DataGrip
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Dataform
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Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
It is an integrated environment for managing any SQL infrastructure, from SQL Server to Azure SQL Database. It provides tools to configure, monitor, and administer instances of SQL Server and databases. Use it to deploy, monitor, and upgrade the data-tier components used by your applications, as well as build queries and scripts.