On Wednesday 19 September 2007 10:19, Scott Ribe wrote: > I'm asking this group because we tend to think alike wrt to data modeling > and separation of concerns ;-) > > Any recommendations on ORM libraries for new Windows development? The last > time I started anything from scratch was over 10 years ago, and the "state > of the art" seemed to be to smash everything together into event handlers > on GUI objects. Ugh. I pulled the M of the MVC out into separate coherent > classes and implemented a *very* simple ORM, leaving the VC mostly > conflated in the event handlers--which is not too bad since this app will > never need to be cross-platform. > > So the dev tool was discontinued, some closed-source libraries are getting > less and less compatible by the year, and we're going to rewrite. Where to > start? It's a custom Windows-only app, only installed at one site. Using > .NET would be fine. C# or C++ would be most-preferred language choices, > although we could suck it up and use Java. I don't want to put VB on the > table. > > Leaning toward Visual Studio .NET because I know it will be around (in > whatever morphed form) for a while; but also considering Borland's > supposedly revitalized C++ tools because I used C++ Builder with success > back when MS C++ compilers were still awful. I should probably mention that > the Windows apps, with the exception of one complicated "explore customer's > entire history here" screen, are pretty simple; the complexity is in > reports and stored procedures. > > Suggestions where to start? If you like python you might want to check www.dabodev.com. Dabo was designed to access data. -- John Fabiani ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
