In case you missed it, LightSpeed 3.1 now has Visual Studio 2010 support. Hands down a fantastic O/R Mapper!
An updated version of SubSonic was released.
Lots of really nice changes in LightSpeed 3.0!
Productivity tool from Telerik based on their o/r mapper.
Frans Bouma is giving out sneak peeks of LLBLGen Pro v3.0 due out in beta around January 2010.
New version released end of September.
NHibernate 2.1.1 is a bug fix release.
Learn how to incorporate both SubSonic and NHibernate in you ASP.NET MVC Web Applications!!!
Great news for the NHibernate Development Community...
The NHibernate Development Team is on a roll!
NHibernate 2.1 was officially released! Check out some other NHibernate Resources as well...
Grab the recent release of this O/R Mapper.
Download the free trial and give these guys some feedback!
Just released! Looks Mighty impressive on paper with built-in support for various 3rd party libraries, frameworks, and user interfaces.
Hiding LINQ To SQL ADO.NET behind a simple class...
Subtle changes in identity key generation for entities can give you that added boost of performance in your O/R Mapper...
Let's look at eager loading using the LightSpeed O/R Mapper from Mindscape as we discuss O/R Mapper performance tips and techniques.
Examples of performance tuning those LINQ To SQL queries...
It is important to understand what the O/R Mapper is doing in the background and act accordingly.
Microsoft should have provided this with .NET 3.5 SP1...
Now that LINQ To SQL is dead...
Nice NHibernate Wiki with several chapters on learning NHibernate and O/R Mapping in general!
First book I have read that attempts to combine Domain-Driven Design Concepts with LINQ To SQL.
I think ASP.NET Dynamic Data Rocks for forms over data web applications. We have new updates for the runtime, templates, and MVC preview.
LLBLGen Pro has optional LINQ To SQL Templates to generate LINQ To SQL Classes.
As someone who has written a simple O/R Mapper - Hayden.ActiveRecord - I can tell you that writing a simple, opinionated O/R Mapper is easy and fun! But...
The new LightSpeed 2.0 O/R Mapper adds a sweet Visual Designer with Database Round-Tripping and LINQ Support.
LLBLGen Pro v2.6 now supports LINQ, .NET 3.5 Framework, and SQL Server 2008. A lot of major enhancements packed in a minor release :)
A major release of the free Retina .NET O/R Mapper.
If you are interested in Castle ActiveRecord, The NHibernate FAQ has a new tutorial on getting started with Castle ActiveRecord.
Retina.net is an O/R Mapper for the .NET Framework that appears to be active once again on CodePlex.
This post is not a knock against the LINQ To SQL Debugger Visualizer in Visual Studio 2008, but rather a cautionary note in that the LINQ To SQL Debugger Visualizer is not a complete look at the SQL that will be generated by the DataContext Object. Read more...
Joe Healy presented Silverlight at the Sarasota .NET Developer Group Meeting last night. Great turnout. I don't think there was an empty seat at the place. Afterwards, I was asked some questions regarding Free, Easy to Use, O/R Mappers for newbies, which turned into a good conversation...
I had a chance to play with Linq to SQL this evening in the Visual Studio ORCAS March 2007 CTP.The visual designer for Linq to SQL makes things a snap, allowing you to drag SQL Server Database Tables from the Server Explorer to the designer surface. Linq to SQL creates all the classes, relationships, etc. for you as soon as you drop each table onto the surface. Here is a quick Linq to SQL Tutorial I whipped together in about 5 minutes...