NHibernate for users of Entity Framework

If you are using or have used Entity Framework (EF), then chances are you know about NHibernate. While EF has been in business for a few years now, it is only in the last couple of years that it has got some serious attention, thanks to the performance improvements brought about in EF 6.x and the implementation of some features that are at the core of any ORM. In spite of the recent popularity of EF, a natural question to ask is why you should be taking a look at NHibernate? Well, for starters, NHibernate is probably the oldest ORM in existence. The NHibernate code base has been used in thousands of production applications over the years and is quite sturdy. However, this sounds very subjective to you, ...

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