LLBLGEN Pro
Developer(s)Frans Bouma [1]
Stable release
v5.11.2 [1] / Dec 20 2023 [1]
Written in.[2]
Operating system
Main Windows Versions
Available in1 languages
List of languages
English [1]
TypeObject–relational_mapping
LicenseCommercial
Websitewww.llblgen.com

LLBLGEN Pro is a visual ORM (Object Relational mapper) designer for the .NET platform, supporting Entity Framework, NHibernate, and LINQ to SQL [3] [4]. It was created by the company "Solutions Design" based in the Netherlands in 2003[3][4]. It supports both Relational databases and NoSQL databases (through its "Derived Models" feature)[4] .

LLBLGEN Pro has been featured on Microsoft Vice President Scott Hanselman's blog[3], on Visual Studio Magazine [5], as well as in Microsoft's Entity Framework Core Team's Virtual Community Standup[6].

Features

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LLBLGEN Pro supports both Visual Basic (.NET) and C Sharp (programming language) as output languages[4] [5].

It supports both Entity Framework Core and Entity Framework. It also has a ORM Profiler to identify performance of the queries[4]

The list of databases supported are:[4]

Database
SQL Server 2000 or higher / Express / CE Desktop / SQL Azure
MS Access 2000 or higher
Oracle 9i or higher
PostgreSql 7.4+ or higher
Firebird 1.5.x or higher
IBM DB2 7.x or higher (not on AS/400 / iSeries)
MySql 4.x or higher (using DevArt MySql .NET provider)
RavenDB
MongoDB
Microsoft Cosmos DB

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Specifications". www.nuget.org. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  2. ^ Copsey. "About Franz Bouma".
  3. ^ a b c "LLBLGen Pro for .NET and .NET Core - Database Entity Modeling with any ORM". www.hanselman.com. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "LLBLGen Pro - The .NET Core ORM Cookbook". tortugaresearch.github.io. Retrieved 2024-06-22.
  5. ^ a b Dorsey, By Terrence; 11/16/2015. "10 ORM and Data Tier Management Tools for Visual Studio -". Visual Studio Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-22. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)
  6. ^ dotnet (2020-12-02). Entity Framework Community Standup - LLBLGen designer and .NET data history. Retrieved 2024-06-22 – via YouTube.