LightSpeed 2.1, the performance minded object relational mapping framework, is fresh from the oven with new features like database independent full text search capabilities using Lucene.Net, Visual Studio integrated designer enhancements and a bundle of other new features.

Mindscape have released a major upgrade to their LightSpeed domain modelling / ORM tool. Version 2.0 includes a visual model designer integrated into Visual Studio, LINQ support, and the ability to access multiple databases concurrently.

LightSpeed 2.0 includes a powerful visual domain model designer that has support for database round tripping (auto update on schema changes, push model changes to the database), creates .NET 2.0 compliant or .NET 3.5 compliant code depending on the target framework of your project and customizable c...

LightSpeed 2.0 has been released. It includes a full, round-tripping Visual Studio designer and support for LINQ!

Describe a simple, efficient and testable approach to implementing the unit of work-per-request (a.k.a session-per-request) pattern in Microsoft’s new ASP.NET MVC framework.

Mindscape released a new version of LightSpeed, their OR mapper. There are quite a lot of new features like more mapping options and a cool debugger visualizer that shows the queries being executed to get the data from the DB.

A new version of the popular O/RM framework LightSpeed is up. The new release includes soft delete, polymorphic querying, validation improvements, performance enhancements and even better documentation and samples. And the framework library is still only 125KB.

LightSpeed is a domain modeling and O/R Mapping framework. This ARCast.TV show discusses the framework with Jeremy Boyd and John-Daniel Trask.

A short introduction to how queries are constructed when working with the domain modeling framework and O/R Mapper, LightSpeed. Worth checking out if you're not a fan of writing SQL by hand.

Details on how to create rich domain model validation with Mindscape LightSpeed including why validation at the domain model level is advantageous over existing approaches.

A sample download illustrating how LightSpeed passes Mats Helanders ORM challenge.