Session presented at SQLBits IV on the 28th March 2009 in Manchester on NHibernate. This was an introduction into NHibernate and how to get started.

1. NHibernate
Open Source Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
Framework
@Ben_Hall
Ben@BenHall.me.uk
Blog.BenHall.me.uk

2. NHibernate
Open Source Object Relational Mapping (ORM)
Framework
@Ben_Hall
Ben@BenHall.me.uk
Blog.BenHall.me.uk

4. Learning Curve

5. Agenda
• Querying
• Mapping
• Relationships
• ‘Real’ application

6. What is ORM?

7. Mapping between objects and
database

8. Translates method calls into
queries

9. Objects vs Tables

10. Developers vs DBAs

12. Personal Choice

13. My choice is NHibernate

17. http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhibernate
http://teamcity.codebetter.com/overview.html

18. DEMO
QUERYING THE DATABASE

19. DEMO
CREATE, UPDATE, DELETE

20. DEMO
RELATIONSHIPS

22. The Real World

23. Testing ASP.net Web Applications
www.TestingASPnet.com

24. DEMO
WROX PIZZA

25. Sharp Architecture
http://code.google.com/p/sharp-architecture/

26. In summary...

27. Summary
• NHibernate has a learning curve
• After the initial hit, easy to continue
• A lot more powerful than I have shown today
• Fluent NHibernate over XML Mapping

28. Thank you
Ben Hall
Ben@BenHall.me.uk
Blog.BenHall.me.uk

29. Resources
• http://Blog.BenHall.me.uk
• http://www.TestingASPnet.com
• http://sourceforge.net/projects/nhibernate
• http://teamcity.codebetter.com/overview.htm
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• http://nhforge.org
• http://www.castleproject.org/ActiveRecord/
• http://code.google.com/p/sharp-architecture/

30. Flickr Images
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• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag3737/1914076277/
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• http://www.flickr.com/photos/leon_homan/28566287
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• http://www.wordle.net