Quick to learn ORM for .NET 2.0

Question

I want to throw together a .net website as an interface to a subsystem I manage.

I'm planning to use ASP.net (on .net 2.0) because this is the shop's standard.

I would like to use an ORM because I was playing with Django a little bit ago and realize the time saver and code simplifier it was. I realize I may not get the time saving aspect because of the setup but I think it should make maintenance easier.

Can someone recommend a stable, very easy to learn/setup ORM product that works with ASP.NET 2.0. I prefer open source, but as long as the product is free it's fine.

Because learning something is dependent on the learner I want to share that I'm an experienced developer. I use a lot of languages and generally learn quickly with good material.

Answer 1

I'd recommend Castle Active Record.

It's built ontop of NHibernate, which is a pretty popular one, but Castle's AR is faster to get off the ground with in my opinion.

I used it on my last ASP.NET project so can vouch for usefulness there. :)

Edit - Here's a quick link to "Getting started".

Answer 2

I recommend NHibernate. It is full featured, very mature and (in my experience) quite stable. Take a look at the summer of nhibernate screencasts (also free) and you'll have enough knowledge to get up and running in no time!