Learning Python Networking - Second Edition

Introducing SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy is an engine developed in Python that has several components for working with databases. It follows some of the most frequently used patterns for relational object mapping, where classes can be mapped in the database in multiple ways, which allows you to develop the object model and the database schema in an uncoupled way from the very beginning.

SQLAlchemy includes various tools that are focused on interacting with relational databases, among which we can highlight the following:

• SQLAlchemy Core, which allows you to create a generic and independent interface of the database manager by means of an expression language based on SQL.
• SQLAlchemy ORM, a mapper between objects and relational transactions or ORM ...