ActiveRecord generally makes it quicker to get off the ground. The attributes makes it very easy to get things working, and without repeating the configuration in XML files.
It is up to you whether you start with NHibernate directly or not, but it may be easier to get a prototype working with ActiveRecord as you are learning the two. On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Jiggr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Jono for intresting reading! > > I didnt realize that the AR layer was so thin, but now I do. If a > programmer is mastering NHibernate it is a piece of a cake to master > AR I guess? > > Maybe the best way to learn AR is to study NHibernate? To get the in- > depth knowledge? > > On 6 Juli, 11:25, Jonathon Rossi <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm not sure what "a small amount of programmers" is, but there are a lot > of > > devs out there using ActiveRecord. > > > > ActiveRecord is a thin layer over NHibernate to make things nicer to use. > > Most of your questions will be NHibernate questions and google will > provide > > you plenty of results. > > > > Here is a start on NHibernate criteria which is exactly what you see > exposed > > by ActiveRecord: > https://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/nhibernate/html/querycriteria.html > > > > NHibernate and ActiveRecord are both very stable on their trunks, the key > is > > unit tests. However, they will both have an official release when NH 2.1 > > goes GA. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:06 AM, Jiggr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I was inspired after a speech by Ayende Rahien to start using Active > > > Record. Now I have created a small website to test it a little bit > > > more and I am very impressed! So easy to use and saves me a lot of > > > time! > > > > > But I have found some drawbacks that makes me a little bit hesitante. > > > It seems that there is a small amount of programmers who use this and > > > therefore the documentation of the framework is not so good. On the > > > other hand most questions will be answered by NHibernate users. > > > > > For example, I cant find any examples of how to use a lot of very > > > commonly used methods calls. For example, to use the method FindAll on > > > a business object. In the documentation the only text I can find for > > > this call is: > > > > > FindAll(Type targetType, ICriterion[] criterias) : Array > > > Returns all instances found for the specified type using criterias. > > > > > But I cant find any information how to use Criterion? Maybe I am a > > > looser when it comes to google :/ > > > > > Another drawback is that it is still a beta version, but I have not > > > found any bugs yet and as I understand a real version is coming soon? > > > > > To the AR team: Keep up good working! It seems to be *really* good! > > > > -- > > Jono- Dölj citerad text - > > > > - Visa citerad text - > > > -- Jono --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Castle Project Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/castle-project-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
