June 2008 - Posts

Computed Properties One Pager
27 June 08 10:21 PM | efdesign | 17 Comments   

UPDATE: this blog post is out of date. Please review this instead. If you've been paying attention to what the Entity Framework team has been saying. You will remember hearing us talk about using the Entity Data Model (EDM) as a common way of describing Read More...

Filed under: Entity Framework, EDM, Reporting, Entity Framework 4

Initial POCO Design Screencast
24 June 08 06:36 PM | dpblogs | 11 Comments   

Two guys on the team knocked out this quick screencast of some of the prototype work we've been doing around POCO an the State Manager. It's not a long or in depth screencast, but we're hoping to inspire some additional feedback. If you prefer to download Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, POCO, Entity Framework 4

Initial POCO Design 1-Pager
24 June 08 12:20 PM | dpblogs | 26 Comments   

Here is a raw cut and paste for our POCO 1-Pager. We are currently working through the design and have some prototype work going on and we would like to hear your feedback. Note this is the "feature design 1-Pager" not the "implementation design 1-Pager" Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, POCO, Entity Framework 4

Transparency in the design process
23 June 08 04:12 PM | dpblogs | 51 Comments   

Today marks the first day of engineering for the ADO.NET Entity Framework V2.0. V2 of the product is a combination of a continued investment in our greater data platform vision as well as a focus on new and expanded ORM scenarios. Some of the things that Read More...

Filed under: ADO.NET, Entity Framework, EDM