Excellent article on design considerations for LINQ. Looks like these concepts will be incorporated into the 2nd Edition of Framework Design Guidelines: Conventions, Idioms, and Patterns for Reuseable .NET Libraries. Cant wait to get my hands on a copy of that!
Read MoreI have been working with Silverlight 2 and WCF the past few days so I thought Id post some ramblings on the topic. The SL2 System.ServiceModel only contains a subset of WCF functionality, a few things I noticed right off the bat when connecting to some of our existing services: – Only BasicHttpBinding (no WS* […]
Read MoreFor anyone who’s looking for more info on the Entity Framework, EDM, Astoria The Ado.Net Blog The Forum Danny Simmons Colin Meek Jaroslaw Kowalski Ju-Yi Kuo’s blog Alex James Zlatko Michailov OakLeaf Systems Andy Conrad (Astoria) Pablo Castro? (Astoria) Julie Lerman (EF, 3.5, Astoria, Silverlight, Blend) Mike Taulty? (EF, 3.5, Astoria, Silverlight, Blend)
Read MoreSo we are on iteration 11 of our new project, the stories are getting more complex, and the intensity (the good kind) is building within the team. We had a knock down drag out planning meeting that took a day and a half. (2x the normal meeting) After a few emails patching things up today, […]
Read MoreWe recently implemented the Validation Bundle from P&P. The Bundle consists of the VAB PropertyProxyValidator from EntLib, as well as a custom ASP.NET AJAX control extender which provides the client callback support. For the most part the Bundle rocks, but there are a few things which didn’t meet our needs: The default PropertyProxyValidator inherits from […]
Read MoreOren posted a pattern for converting Domain entities to DTO’s using a delegate. He made a comment in his post: “I did try to make it into a framework, but even I can’t make it more complex than this.” I started laughing to myself because I actually tried something similar a few weeks ago, and […]
Read MoreOne of the main things the Web Client Software Factory has done in their latest efforts is target "brownfield" development environments. Many members of the advisory board communicated the factory approach was just not an option, as they had an existing code base too large to refactor in order to adapt to the architecture guidance […]
Read MoreIf you are interested in the Entity Framework-EDM, Danny Simmons has just posted draft FAQ, check it out here
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