What are some good Entity Framework Alternatives [closed]

Answer 1

You might look CodeFluent Entities but you need to understand that it does not internally rely on any ORM or third party tool.

Entity Framework is an ORM whereas CodeFluent Entities is a full model-first software factory. It uses a natural and visual modeling approach (like Entity Framework and integrated into Visual Studio) and can generate database scripts, object oriented data layer - code (C#, VB), web services and even UIs components.

Answer 2

Try with nHibernate

Answer 3

Take a look at:

• LINQ queries in DataObjects.Net. If you're interesting in most complex parts, start from the tail.
• Advanced LINQ in DataObjects.Net. Some underlying SQL queries are shown there.

Answer 4

Have you looked at nHibernate?

If you search for nHibernate and full text search you'll come up with a variety of links that talk about that particular type of search implementation.

Answer 5

Seconding what the others said, nHibernate. Plus I found this link re: full text search and nHibernate.

Answer 6

Most ORMs will still require some inline SQL every now and then. NHibernate, Linq 2 Sql, etc. don't support full text search out of the box (NHibernate has NHibernate.Search which uses Lucene.NET to perform full text search, Linq 2 Sql has access to stored procedures that you can create that use full text search).

This doesn't mean you should scrap using an ORM altogether though. There's a ton of repetitive plumbing code that ORMs can save you from writing and the general use cases are all relatively easy to execute (e.g. CRUD operations) with any ORM.