- There are so many ways to bind to data that I think I bound myself into a knot.
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New DataSets are cool. Very cool. The designer makes all the difference.
RapTier can take a flying leap, but ORM mapping is still going to matter. -
Partial classes may very well be a substitute for VS generated wiring code, but they
are cool for us, too. It would be nice if the IDE would pick up on the relationships
between the partial classes, though. They should be grouped together in the
Solution Explorer tab. -
Properties (Settings, Configuration, Whatever…) are implemented in a super slick
way. That I can make app.config settings writable at run time is cool and so
is the strongly typed access to the items that is implemented for me. Goodbye
to the settings strong typing pattern.
Ya know, Microsoft really delivered on this one. It is now much easier
to write bad code. Frankly, for some little departmental utility, that’s just
fine.