Comments on: Microsoft MVP Summit 2008: Day One http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-mvp-summit-2008-day-one/ Passionate about Startups and MicroISVs Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:42:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-mvp-summit-2008-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-3608 Rob Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:30:37 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-mvp-summit-2008-day-one/#comment-3608 @Alvaro - It was an open discussion, so it came down to a lot of MVPs voicing their opinions on their preferred ORM tool (or lack thereof), which was informative, as you can imagine. My sense of the space based on my own research and criteria (mature, ongoing support, ease of use, performance), is that NHibernate is an excellent choice. In addition, you can use Castle Project's ActiveRecord on top of NHibernate if you don't like NHibernate's config files. SubSonic is a simple tool that works well, but it's young and I would not make an enterprise bet on it for another 12+ months. If you are going for speed and "web 2.0 agility," I would consider it. Linq to Entities (aka the Entity Framework), due out later this year, is going to be a good choice since it will be supported by Microsoft. Linq to SQL is a good choice right now, although I would argue that it's not a full-fledged ORM tool. That's what I gleaned from the session, and the research I've done over the past several months. On my own projects I will be using either NHibernate or Linq to SQL. @Alvaro – It was an open discussion, so it came down to a lot of MVPs voicing their opinions on their preferred ORM tool (or lack thereof), which was informative, as you can imagine.

My sense of the space based on my own research and criteria (mature, ongoing support, ease of use, performance), is that NHibernate is an excellent choice. In addition, you can use Castle Project’s ActiveRecord on top of NHibernate if you don’t like NHibernate’s config files.

SubSonic is a simple tool that works well, but it’s young and I would not make an enterprise bet on it for another 12+ months. If you are going for speed and “web 2.0 agility,” I would consider it.

Linq to Entities (aka the Entity Framework), due out later this year, is going to be a good choice since it will be supported by Microsoft. Linq to SQL is a good choice right now, although I would argue that it’s not a full-fledged ORM tool.

That’s what I gleaned from the session, and the research I’ve done over the past several months. On my own projects I will be using either NHibernate or Linq to SQL.

]]> By: Alvaro http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-mvp-summit-2008-day-one/comment-page-1/#comment-3588 Alvaro Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:24:39 +0000 http://www.softwarebyrob.com/2008/04/14/microsoft-mvp-summit-2008-day-one/#comment-3588 I'd love to read your comments on the "Data Strategies - ORMs and How They Compare" session. I'm currently working on an alternative data access strategy and I'd like to know as much as possible on current trends an alternatives. I’d love to read your comments on the “Data Strategies – ORMs and How They Compare” session. I’m currently working on an alternative data access strategy and I’d like to know as much as possible on current trends an alternatives.

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