Which .NET frameworks allow you to create Business Entities first, then Database

Question

Do any .NET frameworks allow you to create Business Entities first then Database. In other words allow you to use DDD / Persistence Ignorance method of backing into the database later. Any tools that allow the Models/Classes you have written to generate the SQL DDL and migration scripts.

Feel free to rework my verbiage, and make it a better question.

Answer 1

NHibernate supports domain-driven design, persistence ignorance, and automated data-model generation.

Answer 2

Eco from CapableObjects does what you are asking for and much more. There is a bit of learning curve, but the productivity gain is amazing. Not in any way related with the company btw - just a very happy customer.

Answer 3

You may opt for Castle ActiveRecord which hides the complexity of NHibernate and can create the schema from business entities with various options like creating a schema file and creating the database entities directly.

Answer 4

DataObjects.Net is designed to support exactly this pattern.