Database orm recommended
Prisma Best Practices
Prisma ORM patterns for schema design, relations, migrations, transactions, and performance optimization in TypeScript applications.
- Difficulty
- intermediate
- Read time
- 1 min read
- Version
- v1.0.0
- Confidence
- established
- Last updated
Quick Reference
Prisma: Use explicit relations (@relation), select only needed fields, batch with createMany/updateMany, transactions with $transaction. Soft deletes with deletedAt. Use Prisma Client extensions for middleware. Avoid N+1 with include or separate queries.
Use When
- Using Prisma with TypeScript/JavaScript
- Designing database schemas
- Optimizing database queries
- Managing migrations
Skip When
- Using other ORMs (SQLAlchemy, TypeORM)
- Raw SQL only applications
- NoSQL databases
Prisma Best Practices
Prisma ORM patterns for schema design, relations, migrations, transactions, and performance optimization in TypeScript applications.