Chapter 21 Tools

Sponsor Tools
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Tools
  • NHibernate - |
    Full-featured .NET open source O/RM tool
  • NPersist - |
    Open source O/RM tool for .NET applications. Differs from NHibernate in that it provides more features for a small trade in performance.
  • Object Mapper - |
    Excellent tool for quickly generating class and XML mapping files for O/RM frameworks. Also enables you to work in the other direction, starting withUML diagrams and moving through classes to databasecreation scripts.
  • Castle ActiveRecord - |
    O/RM project that implements the ActiveRecord enterprise pattern. Built on top of NHibernate.