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- Getting started with ADO.NET's Entity Framework
- The ADO.NET Entity Framework is a new way to build the data access layer of your Windows or web applications. It's an Object Relational Mapping ORM technology that makes it easy to tie together the data in your database with the objects in your applications, by abstracting the object model...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Model, Packt Publishing, ADO.NET Entity Framework, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Download resources 2008-11-21
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- A number of testers who've been dabbing with the first version of Microsoft's ADO.Net Entity Framework are unhappy with the direction Microsoft has taken with the technology -- so much so that they've created a "no confidence vote" petition to make their gripes public. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Corp., Tester, ADO.Net Entity Framework, Business Object, Persistence Ignorance, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-06-24
- MSDN Webcast: Programming LINQ and the ADO.NET Entity Framework (Level 200)
- Language Integrated Query LINQ introduces an exciting new way for applications to build strongly typed queries that are deeply integrated into the programming language. The ADO.NET Entity Framework allows applications and services to work in terms of an application-oriented Entity Data Model, decoupling the application's data model from the storage...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Application, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, LINQ, Programming, ADO.NET Entity Framework, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-01-30
- A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Jasper
- I'm resuming my Microsoft Code Name a Day series that I started in December 2006. The goal: To provide the back story, each day in August, on one of Microsoft's myriad code names. Some of these code names might be familiar to Microsoft watchers; others hopefully will be brand-new.Microsoft code...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Codename, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2007-08-07
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- Microsoft Oslo shifting to the data side
- Last year, I heard Brian Loesgen compared Oslo, Microsoft's modeling strategy, to an onion, with many layers of features. Lately, it appears there is another layer to Oslo forming, which ties the platform closer to Microsoft's data programmability stack. Darryl Taft reveals that Microsoft has been shifting...
- Tags: Oslo, Microsoft Corp., Modeling, Darryl Taft, Research & Development, Business Operations, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Entity Developer Express for SQL Server 2.20 (Windows)
- Entity Developer is a powerful modeling and code generation tool for LINQ to SQL and ADO.NET Entity Framework. You can design an entity model from scratch or reverse-engineer an existing database, in which case you will have the classes and the relations with just several clicks. The model is used...
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, LINQ, Devart, Databases, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-07-30
- dotConnect for MySQL 5.20.33 (Windows)
- dotConnect for MySQL is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL,...
- Tags: Application Development, Unicode, MySQL, Microsoft Windows, Devart, dotConnect, Software Development, Databases, Storage, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-05-21
- dotConnect for Oracle 5.20.29 (Windows)
- dotConnect for Oracle is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL,...
- Tags: Application Development, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows, Devart, dotConnect, Software Development, Storage, Databases, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-05-15
- MSDN Webcast: A Lap Around the Entity Framework from the DBA's Viewpoint (Level 300 )
- The Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework is a data technology that ships as part of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1. The Entity Framework enables application developers to define domain models against which they can perform CRUD operations with very expressive query capabilities. The presenter of this webcast investigates how the Entity...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Database Administrator, Webcast, Microsoft Corp., Viewpoint Corp., Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework, Entity Framework
- Webcasts 2009-04-27
- MSDN Webcast: Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (Level 200)
- Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 introduce a wide variety of new features for targeting Windows, the Microsoft Office system, and the Web. This includes more controls, a streamlined setup, improved startup performance, fresh graphics features, improved Asynchronous JavaScript and XML AJAX support,...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Visual Studio, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-01-22
- dotConnect for PostgreSQL 4.0 (Windows)
- dotConnect for PostgreSQL is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL,...
- Tags: Application Development, Unicode, Microsoft Windows, PostgreSQL, Core Lab Software Development, dotConnect, Software Development, Databases, Storage, Development Tools, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-12-25
- dotConnect for SQLite 2.0 (Windows)
- dotConnect for SQLite is an enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL,...
- Tags: Application Development, Microsoft Windows, Core Lab Software Development, dotConnect, Software Development, Storage, Databases, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-12-16
- dotConnect Express for MySQL 5.0 (Windows)
- dotConnect Express for MySQL is a free of charge enhanced database connectivity solution built over ADO.NET architecture and a development framework with a number of innovative technologies. dotConnect offers a complete solution for developing database-related applications and web sites. With state of the art ORM solutions such as Entity Framework...
- Tags: Application Development, MySQL, Microsoft Windows, MySQL 5.0, Core Lab Software Development, dotConnect Express, Software Development, Databases, Storage, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-12-16
- Explore the Data Access Options in Visual Studio 2008: Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 Give Developers Substantially Increased Data Access Options
- In Visual Studio 2008 running on the .NET framework 3.5, developers can not only create DataReaders and DataSets; Microsoft has also added LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework, and ADO.NET Data Services, which leverages the first two. These new options of course, mean that the developer has new syntaxes to learn....
- Tags: Developer, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Data Access, LINQ
- White papers 2008-11-03
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence vote
- Testers give Microsoft's Entity Framework a no-confidence voteSounds like the testers and MS are doing good work[i]The best thing that happened in response to this latest action is that the Entity Framework team responded to it immediately[/i]Good for the testers for demanding better, and good for MS for responding immediately....
- Tags: Blogging, Microsoft Corp., Entity Framework, no-confidence, MJO
- Discussion threads 2008-06-24
- MSDN Webcast: ADO.NET Data Services Overview (Part 1 of 2) (Level 100)
- This webcast illustrates how to take advantage of ADO.NET Data Services (formerly code-named Astoria) to easily and securely expose data as services over HTTP. It gives an overview of REST, the architectural style underlying ADO.NET Data Services. Then it gives a high-level demonstration of how to expose an Entity Framework...
- Tags: Data Service, Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Microsoft ADO.NET, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-06-17
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 SP-1 (Windows)
- This download installs Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Beta. Visual Studio 2008 SP1 includes support for SQL Server 2008, new ADO.NET features such as the Entity Framework, improvements to the WPF designers, WCF templates for Silverlight projects, debugger support for the .NET Framework public symbols and source release, control improvements such...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Corp., Visual Studio 2008 SP1, .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1, .Net, Microsoft Development Tools, Microsoft Windows, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Development Tools, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-06-04
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5Would have been great a few weeks ago for me[b]The .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and VS 2008 SP1 also both add support for the ADO.Net Entity Framework. The framework service pack also adds support for ADO.Net Data Services, and the...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Databases, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2008-05-12
- Microsoft issues first SP1 betas for VS 2008, .Net Framework 3.5
- Microsoft is making available to testers a first beta release of Service Pack SP 1 for Visual Studio 2008 and the accompanying .Net Framework 3.5. On May 12, Microsoft made available to any/all interested parties the first beta bits for both VS 2008 SP1 and .Net Framework...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Astoria, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- MSDN Webcast: 24 Hours of SQL Server 2008: Using the Microsoft Data Platform for Easy Data Access With SQL Server 2008 (Level 100)
- This webcast looks at Microsoft SQL Server 2008 as a productive data platform. It uses Contoso Container Overseas Shipping Operation LTD as the scenario customer while it explores the features that make SQL Server 2008 this platform. Contoso is a shipping company; they arrange the shipping of all kinds of...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Webcast, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Access, Contoso, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-03-03
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