dotConnect for MySQL Professional

dotConnect for MySQL Professional is an advanced and efficient piece of software functioning as a data provider for MySQL databases, offering ORM capabilities and relies on ADO.NET to give programmers the means of building database applications.
Among the most important features comprised by this tool are the ability to establish SSL and SSH connections, HTTP tunneling, compression protocols and embedded servers. Working with numerous graphical user interface tools, it relies on an RAD approach to help developers get their work done faster and with less difficulty.
dotConnect for MySQL Professional is capable of integrating with Visual Studio Server Explorer, as well as other similar software, enabling users to perform component tweaking tasks on the fly. Several frameworks are supported, some of which are NHibernate, ADO.NET Entity Framework, and LinqConnect.
Among the features that this tool boasts with, users can find the ability to work in direct mode; more precisely, this allows the applications they create to use MySQL via TCP/IP protocols, without needing to resort to a client library. Moreover, dotConnect for MySQL Professional can be used alongside the Microsoft Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block.
The installation of the tool is fairly simple and straightforward, as all its components come in the form of a single, executable package, requiring users simply to run it and configure any preferences they might have, throughout the setup.
In addition, dotConnect for MySQL Professional comes with a highly detailed help documentation, enabling users to figure out how to best benefit from its capabilities, without wasting too much time trying to figure it out on their own.System requirementsNET Framework 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5
Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 2.0 and above
Mono version 2.0 and above
Microsoft Visual Studio
Limitations in the unregistered version30-day trial period