Best free ORM tools to use with .NET 2.0/3.5 [closed]

Answer 1

I favour Fluent NHibernate, which lets you create mappings in strongly-types C#, rather than using the normal NHibernate XML files. It lets you mix and match too (you can have mappings in code and in XML).

There's a nice getting started article here.

Answer 2

try dbFrameIT available from http://www.dbframeit.com. It is very easy to use and offers a free personal use license.

Answer 3

Habanero, great and powerful ORM. It's free (LGPL license), work with .net 2.0 (it's very important for me) and have a powerful tools for generating model from database (with custom class and properties names, custom validation etc.)

Answer 4

I always recommend Castle ActiveRecord. It's a layer on top of NHibernate. It works great in both environments you've mentioned.

Answer 5

NHibernate

Answer 6

I've been using SubSonic for about a year now for a handful of ASP.NET apps as well as a WinForms app. It is extremely easy to get started with and I have not yet been "painted into a corner" by choosing it -- there is almost always some way to do what you need, usually easily. I estimate it has shaved 30% off of our development time. Not a true ORM tool but provides a great productivity boost.