My favorite O/R Mapper, LLBLGenPro, has come out with a very significant release.
I bought LLBLGenPro on a whim when it first came out mainly to better understand O/R Mapping as well as to add another code generation tool to my toolbox. I have used it on my last two projects and it is incredible!
Database Support
It supports SQL Server, Oracle, and Firebird with other database support planned in the future.
Code Generation
Generates code in either VB.NET or C#. You choose.
Templates
Generates code based on templates, which can be easily modified by the developer, but I doubt you will ever need to.
Has Self-Servicing Templates (Domain Model) that allow you to generate objects that contain both data and behavior:
UserEntity user = new UserEntity(id);
user.Lastname = “Doe”;
user.Save();
Has Adapter Templates (Manager Model) that allow you to generate objects that only contain data and are persisted by a service:
UserEntity user = new UserEntity(id);
user.Lastname = “Doe”;
DataAccessAdapter adapter = new DataAccessAdapter();
adapter.SaveEntity(user, true);
Support
Awesome. Support is provided directly by the developer. Questions are answered immediately and bugs, if you find any :), are fixed just as quickly.
For More Information:
I recommend downloading the trial on the website and checking out the developer's blog for information on the recent release:
1) Go the the main website and grab the free trial.
2) Visit the developer's blog where he has a post mentioning the latest changes.
I think you will definitely like it. If you do, let me know!