maybe a method to ease sa with deform

sa.py

class User(declarative_base()):
    __tablename__ = 'users'

    id = Column(Integer, primary_key=True)
    name = Column(String)

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def to_dict(self):
        return dict([(k, getattr(self, k)) for k in self.__dict__.keys()])