Hi there,


i have some doubts in how to begin working with nhibernate.


I have read this quick guide - http://www.hibernate.org/362.html - that tells me how to do it manually.

On the other hand, i have seen that there are tools for nhibernate, that could help me in doing this more quickly and in a better way.

And maybe there are other options that i don't know.


Which do you think is the best way to generate the nhibernate layer for my database?

Thanks in advance ;)

I'll first give a disclaimer: it is better to learn how to use NHibernate manually before using helper tools.

Some people like code generators like CodeSmith or MyGeneration. These will generate your classes and mapping files based on the database, but there may be some setup work involved. Others like attribute-based libraries like NHibernate.Mapping.Attributes or Castle's ActiveRecord. These allow you to use attributes in your classes to tell the helper lib how to map the class.

I see, you are probably right.

And in fact, it's not that difficult to make hibernate working manually, so i'll choose this option..



Thanks for your help ;)