Elixir is a declarative layer on top of
SQLAlchemy. It is a fairly thin wrapper that
provides the ability to define model objects
following the Active Record design pattern, and
using a DSL syntax similar to that of the Ruby on
Rails ActiveRecord system. It does not intend to
replace SQLAlchemy's core features, but instead
focuses on providing a simpler syntax for defining
model objects when you do not need the full
expressiveness of SQLAlchemy's manual mapper
definitions.
