We know you’ll need some help when working with Fluent NHibernate, don’t be shy (we won’t judge!). There are a few options available for you, but it’s up to you which one you feel suits your needs the best.
If you raised questions on our Support Desk, they will continue to be answered; however, we will be discontinuing future support requests from that service. Please see the alternative options listed below.
The first port of call should be the wiki. We’ve put a fair amount of time into the wiki, and it should be a good starting point for you. There’s a getting started guide, as well as details about our fluent mappings, auto mappings, and conventions.
If you can’t find what you need on there, please let us know on the mailing list and we’ll do our best to update the wiki.
StackOverflow is a great community for developers, and we want to leverage that community to help you with your Fluent NHibernate questions. There’s a great deal of NHibernate and Fluent NHibernate users on StackOverflow (including our team!).
Have a read of the StackOverflow FAQ if you’re unfamiliar with the site.
Make sure to search for your question first, because someone may have asked before you; if you do ask a question, tag it fluent-nhibernate and (optionally) nhibernate so people can find it easily.
We look forward to seeing you there, and gaining reputation answering your questions!
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If you have a suggestion or just want to get ahold of the developers - you can use our mailing list. You won’t get responses as quickly as on StackOverflow, as you’ll only be talking to a smaller user-base, but it’s your direct line to the developers.
Open source projects are built and maintained by the community and a core contingent of dedicated developers; however, very rarely is it their primary job to contribute to said projects, and ultimately the Real World and paid work can get in the way of front-line support.
If there’s a feature you need implementing, a bug that you cannot work around, or simply an urgent troubleshooting issue, then commercial support can be an effective way to remedy your situation.
The Fluent NHibernate project lead, James Gregory, offers commercial support through his company: Proof of Concept. Pricing is on a case-by-case basis, please contact him directly at for further information or a quotation.
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