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Ruby

Randy De Silva
Randy De Silva
10,298 Points
Posted by Randy De Silva
Randy De Silva
10,298 Points

Database Foundations or Active Record

Hello everyone, I am on the Rails Development track and I am finishing up "Ruby Foundations. I would like your advice/opinions on deciding to which section to chose next "Database Foundations" or "Active Record" or does it even matter?

Thanks,

1 Answer

Dylan Shine
Dylan Shine
17,565 Points
Dylan Shine
Dylan Shine
17,565 Points

You need to understand database foundations before working with Active Record. Active Record as an ORM abstracts your interaction with databases tremendously, making your life simple in terms of setting up schemas and manipulating database data. If you're in this for the long term, you should understand what Active Record is actually doing, how relational databases work and basic SQL.