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Ricardo Sala
16,212 PointsWhy do we need DAO AND service?
Being service only used to fetch the data...
Why cannot the user interact directly with the DAO?
I think it is because services are supposed to do something else (some computation?), but I am not sure if that is the only reason...
thanks!!!!
1 Answer
Adam Fields
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 37,838 PointsLike Binyamin said, the DAO communicates directly to the database - so your basic CRUD operations.
The Service is for preparing that data for the controller. For example, if you wanted to get a list of all Gifs and return just a list of Strings (perhaps just the descriptions), you would do that transformation in the Service.
This way, your controller can use the Service to get the data it needs to render the appropriate view. The Category example isn't that great because it is redundant.
Ricardo Sala
16,212 PointsGot it, thanks!
Binyamin Friedman
14,615 PointsBinyamin Friedman
14,615 PointsThe dao layer connects directly with the database and the service layer usually is used for additional processing that might need to be done to the data. Besides that, it makes testing a lot easier which you should see in later courses.