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January 8, 2007
ASP and ORM
I'm developing an application at the moment and rather than using ASP.NET I'm being somewhat perverse and developing a pseudo MVC 'framework' in the style of Ruby.
The one big thing that is missing is of course ORM (object Relational Mapping). It's a fairly straight forward application so I think I can get away with throwing around some SQL statements. Its a pity though.
I don't much like ASP.NET, even though C# is a nice enough language, the whole .NET framework just seems so bulky and Java-like.
The Ruby on Rails way of convention over configuration is a refreshing way to go about things. I am still writing C like Ruby but thanks to some great blogs like - The Rails way, Ruby Inside and Softies on Rails not to mention great book like the Pickaxe book and Agile Web Developement oon Rails both from the publishers The Pragmatic Programmer - I'm well on my way to making a good living from RoR development some time this year!
Yay!
And what pray tell does all this have to do with ASP and ORM? Well, I suppose it just goes to show that ASP has nothing to do with ORM :D
Posted by dottie at January 8, 2007 11:57 PM
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You could take a look at NHibernate (free) for ORM.
But if your data schema's not going to be changing you could also use a code generation tool such as CodeSmith (commercial) to generate the data and business layer classes automatically for you.
Posted by: Derek at January 9, 2007 10:32 AM
Thanks Derek - I was looking at NHibernate and Wilsons ORM.
Thanks for the tips!
Posted by: Mark at January 9, 2007 8:44 PM