Redbean (software)
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RedBean is free, BSD licensed, open-source object-relational mapping
software written by Gabor de Mooij. It currently only supports PHP
. Although it can be used as a stand-alone library there is also an integrated edition available for the Zend Framework
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layers because it requires no configuration in XML
, YAML
or JSON
but it designs a database schema on its own by analyzing the PHP code, this is sometimes called Virtual ORM (ORM without mappings). This is possible because of Reflection
functionality built into PHP. RedBean not only creates a database on the fly it also monitors performance, handles transactions and it automatically prevents race conditions. It scans your data and adjusts the column types to fit your object properties. If your models are stabilized you can freeze the database. This way RedBean is easy to develop with but is also extremely fast on production servers.
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Object-relational mapping
Object-relational mapping in computer software is a programming technique for converting data between incompatible type systems in object-oriented programming languages. This creates, in effect, a "virtual object database" that can be used from within the programming language...
software written by Gabor de Mooij. It currently only supports PHP
PHP
PHP is a general-purpose server-side scripting language originally designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages. For this purpose, PHP code is embedded into the HTML source document and interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the web page document...
. Although it can be used as a stand-alone library there is also an integrated edition available for the Zend Framework
Zend Framework
Zend Framework is an open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 5 and licensed under the New BSD License.-Licensing:...
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Features
RedBean is different from other ORMOrm
Orm became an Anglo-Saxon personal name during period of the Danelaw...
layers because it requires no configuration in XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, YAML
YAML
YAML is a human-readable data serialization format that takes concepts from programming languages such as C, Perl, and Python, and ideas from XML and the data format of electronic mail . YAML was first proposed by Clark Evans in 2001, who designed it together with Ingy döt Net and Oren Ben-Kiki...
or JSON
JSON
JSON , or JavaScript Object Notation, is a lightweight text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange. It is derived from the JavaScript scripting language for representing simple data structures and associative arrays, called objects...
but it designs a database schema on its own by analyzing the PHP code, this is sometimes called Virtual ORM (ORM without mappings). This is possible because of Reflection
Reflection (computer science)
In computer science, reflection is the process by which a computer program can observe and modify its own structure and behavior at runtime....
functionality built into PHP. RedBean not only creates a database on the fly it also monitors performance, handles transactions and it automatically prevents race conditions. It scans your data and adjusts the column types to fit your object properties. If your models are stabilized you can freeze the database. This way RedBean is easy to develop with but is also extremely fast on production servers.
History
Not much is known about RedBean's history, due to lack of information on the website. The main author of RedBean is Gabor de Mooij an ICT specialist from the NetherlandsNetherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
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