[Mono-dev] Request for status of Entity framework on Mono

[jonathan at mugginsoft.com]

Hi

I have done some experimenting with the latest MS Entity 6 beta and the Devart SQLite data provider.
I was able to query quite a substantial pre-existing data set when running on Mono.
So it is doable.

Jonathan

On 19 Aug 2013, at 00:17, Martin Thwaites <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk> wrote:

> Thanks Daniel.
> 
> I'll have a look at those, but Ideally I wanted to look at Entity due to some work projects that are currently using it (pure windows .NET and VS).  The plan was to get the basics down in some hobby apps.
> 
> I'm currently using NHibernate, and it works well, entity does look like fun to play with... I'm a very "ooo shiny" kinda guy.
> 
> I did see a big merge happen in the last few days by Marek, so I was hoping that might be the start of something...
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin
> 
> On 18 August 2013 23:45, Daniel Lo Nigro <lists at dan.cx> wrote:
> There's no official release of Entity Framework 6 yet, the latest release is the first beta release. Additionally, I don't think all the supporting architecture is fully working in Mono yet. You could try it and see, although I'd use Entity Framework from NuGet as the one bundled with Mono is out of date.
> 
> If you only need basic features, I'd suggest looking at a micro ORM like ServiceStack ORMLite, Dapper, or Massive. These are all very basic facades over raw ADO.NET, usually providing only basic ORM. I use ORMLite with Mono and it works quite well.
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Martin Thwaites <monoforum at my2cents.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm starting a new project from scratch soon, and I'm selecting some components.  I do everything in mono.. you'll be pleased to hear ;)
> 
> For ORM, I'm looking to utilise EntityFramework, so I'm wondering where the development is at, is anyone working on it, etc.
> 
> I don't think I'll be using any advanced features, just the basics.  So, are the basics in enough of a usable state to put into a production application?
> 
> I'm not seeing any stabilisation branches/tags in the repository, so can I assume that it's still in flux and should be avoided for the timebeing?
> 
> I'll obviously give it a go and see, but just wondering if anyone has any experiences?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Martin
> 
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