Hi Tom, My application makes heavy use of relational data and NH is by far the better option out there (that I have tested). I started out initially with majorly overrated Microsoft Entity Framework. I didn't support any real world scenarios I had it faced against. NH however is proving to be a champ!
Marcelo Grossi On Apr 12, 12:23 pm, Tom Bushell <[email protected]> wrote: > FNH development has been slow recently, because the main developer, James > Gregory, has taken a new job in Australia. > > This has left him with little time to work on FNH. But people are still > submitting fixes, and another release is planned, date unspecified. > > That said, I'm also a little concerned about the slow pace, and considering > other options. > > For my particular application (scientific data collection and analysis), > there's very little relational data, so a NoSQL solution might be a better > choice. > > RavenDB looks particularly interesting. Seems to offer all the convenience > of FNH automapping, while greatly reducing the complexity associated with > persisting everything to an underlying relational database. > > -Tom > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:54:49 PM UTC-4, Marcelo Grossi wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > Is FNH still being developed? I thought that the latest commits to > > their source control was from quite a few years back.. > > > Regards, > > > Marcelo Grossi > > > On Apr 11, 11:45 am, Tom Bushell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Glad I could help. > > > > You might also want to consider using Fluent NHibernate - it's been > > around > > > longer, and is more mature and better documented. Adam has some good > > > comparisons in his blog posts. I agree with some of his criticisms of > > FNH > > > vs NH MbC, but not all of them. > > > > In particular, I suggest looking at FNH Automapping > > > (http://wiki.fluentnhibernate.org/Auto_mapping). I've been using this > > on > > > my project for almost 2 years now, and it mostly "just works". > > > > NH has nothing equivalent yet, although I've seen some recent postings > > here > > > indicating it's being worked on. > > > > -Tom Bushell > > > > On Tuesday, April 10, 2012 12:36:34 AM UTC-4, Marcelo Grossi wrote: > > > > > Thank you very much Tom, > > > > > The link you sent was great! > > > > > Altough I still miss some 'official' documentation or perhaps a good > > > > book on the inner workings of the ORM, I'm starting to get along with > > > > NH instead of getting beat up by it day in and day out ;-) > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Marcelo Grossi > > > > > On Apr 9, 11:55 am, Tom Bushell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Check out Adam Bar's series on NH Mapping By Code, starting here: > > >http://notherdev.blogspot.com/2012/02/nhibernates-mapping-by-code-sum... > > > > > > This is by far the best info currently available (AFAIK), and really > > > > should > > > > > be included with the NH docs. > > > > > > -Tom Bushell > > > > > > On Sunday, April 8, 2012 8:35:21 AM UTC-4, Marcelo Grossi wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > I'm trying to build a mapping for NHibernate 3.2.0 using the code > > > > > > first approach and mapping all by code (I find it more elegant > > than a > > > > > > bunch of XML files). I'm taking a beating from NH for a few days > > now > > > > > > and decided to ask for you NH Gurus out there for help. > > > > > > > I'm having trouble mapping a custom "Coordinate" value-type class > > that > > > > > > holds latitude and longitude. I made an ICompositeUserType for it > > but > > > > > > can't get it mapped for the love of me! The reason I want a type > > for > > > > > > it is that I will reuse this in several other entity classes. > > > > > > > My mappings are all in separate classes that derive from > > ClassMapping > > > > > > (the entities at least). > > > > > > > Is there any books or references I can start? I couldn't find a > > > > > > definitive manual/help for NH 3.2 code first (ByCode). Any > > > > > > suggestions? Something that will show me all the possible > > > > > > configurations and thought process I should be picking up on..? > > > > > > > Sorry for the long post, any help is much appreciated. > > > > > > > Thank you -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nhusers" 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/nhusers?hl=en.
