LightSpeed 2

Posted by Andrew on March 19, 2008

We’re getting close to releasing version 2.0 of our LightSpeed O/RM and so are kicking off a beta program so people can kick the tires.

The key feature of LightSpeed 2 is obviously support for LINQ querying. For 2.0 we’re concentrating on complete feature parity in terms of query expressiveness with LightSpeed 1.0. Our vision for LightSpeed is unchanged: The simplest, fastest and most lightweight O/RM for .NET - The right balance of power vs. complexity.

It’s not only the LINQ support in version 2 either. We’re going to release the first iteration of our code generation toolset. The first version will include a template based tool (both command line and GUI) that generates LightSpeed model classes from an existing database schema. Long term we’re looking at moving the tooling into Visual Studio and supporting bidirectional generation. Of course, we’re always keen to hear what people are after in this area.

If your interested in participating in the beta please go ahead and sign up