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+3  Q: 

What should I be using with ASP.Net MVC, NHibernate, LINQ, EF?

Hi I posted a question a little earlier and I had some replies that I should look at some different technologies. Which of the above (or other feel free to mention) is the most popular or best supported.

As stated in my earlier question I am learning ASP.Net MVC. I come from a Java struts background but I am prepared to try and learn what the majority of people are using in conjunction with ASP.Net MVC?

Edit: I did a quick Google Trends to try and pickup which is the most popular (assumming most searched = most popular = best supported, yes I know, a notion that is fraught with short falls) then LINQ is the best way to go:

Google Trends

+2  A: 

LINQ to SQL is the easiest of them all. I would suggest you starting with LINQ to SQL.

NHibernate may seem closer to Java's Hibernate but I strongly suggest LiNQ to SQL as a starting point.

Andrei Rinea  2009-05-16 10:42:52
#IF DEF Devil's Advocate: Doesn't that make Linq to SQL a distraction?
IainMH  2009-05-16 10:44:33
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NHibernate is by far the best ORM in the .NET world.

IainMH  2009-05-16 10:43:07
+1 Also, the barrier of entry has been lowered significantly because of Fluent NHibernate - there's no reason NOT to start out with NHibernate!
mookid8000  2009-05-16 12:49:46
Can you elaborate on "best"?
Richard Ev  2009-07-21 12:31:35

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