Mac OSX开发中常见的单用户数据库是什么？

Question

I am just starting to study and develop Mac OSX applications, and I'd like to design an app that uses a database.

I'm not opposed to something like MySQL, but I'm looking for something that can be single user and can be stored directly on the device so internet access is not required. I'd prefer not to resort to writing/reading from a file either.

The closest I've come to find is SQLite, which I am familiar with in Android development, but my question is: is that what most OSX developers use?

I am trying to pose this question in a way that is not opinion-driven, as I know there are countless DBMS out there. Is there one that leads the pack as far as being used with OSX?

Answer 1

Higher Abstractions:

Core Data is available on iOS and OSX.

Realm is a popular alternative to Core Data. Some of the features include:

• Fast
• Memory efficient
• Its safe and easy to use across multiple threads (core data can be tricky here).

Like Core Data it uses the Active Record pattern, where persistence methods are defined on the model objects themselves (unlike the DAO pattern, which uses a separate interface).

Lower Abstractions:

FMDB is a nice Objective-C API that sits over the pure C API to sqlite.