I have not been able to find any definitive answers to this question:
Can Fluent nHibernate be used with VS2005? All the examples on fluentnhibernate.org seem to use c# 3 syntax (lambdas).
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A:
The answer is no. Fluent NHibernerate takes advantage of many of the .NET 3.5 additions like Actions.
Chris Marisic
2009-10-26 19:28:19
I was afraid of that. My company won't let us use VS2008 because it would cost $$$ to renew our msdn subscriptions, so for now we're stuck on VS2005. Thanks.
Chris Dunaway
2009-10-26 19:49:46
@Chris: You might check if the express editions of VS2008 will cover your needs for now. It has a few limits like not allowing mixed project types in a solution. But are least you can get LINQ and .Net 3.5 for free.
Matthew Whited
2009-10-26 19:59:42
That's unfortunate to hear. While I understand their prespective that our software is expensive it's not really acceptable for a company at this point to still refuse to even be on 2008. We're nearing the dawn of 4.0 to be that far behind is a huge liability and the hidden costs they pay in lost productivity and lost tool usage will easily cost them many times over the fixed cost of upgrading software IMO.
Chris Marisic
2009-10-26 20:06:08