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Friday, November 20, 2009 9:37 AM

T4 Templates and the answer to life, the universe and everything

[This is the third in a series of posts on getting started with the new features in Entity Framework 4 based on the demos I did in my session at TechEd Europe in Berlin last week (Nov 2009).] Entity Framework 4 relies significantly on the Text Template
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Friday, November 20, 2009 7:39 AM

Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 - Templated Code Generation

[This is the second in a series of posts on getting started with the new features in Entity Framework 4 based on the demos I did in my session at TechEd Europe in Berlin last week (Nov 2009).] Code generation from the Entity Data Model (EDM) has changed
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009 10:38 PM

Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 – Simple Model First Example

This is the first in a series of posts on getting started with the new features in Entity Framework 4 based on the demos I did in my session at TechEd Europe in Berlin last week (Nov 2009). When adding an Entity Data Model to a project you are given the
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Friday, November 06, 2009 4:38 PM

Summary of the Entity Framework 4 changes introduced with Beta 2 and CTP 2

I thought it would be useful (at least to me!) to summarise the new stuff in Entity Framework 4 given it actually comes in 2 parts . The list is a simplified and categorised version of this and this . General Foreign Keys now added: EF 4 now includes
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Friday, November 06, 2009 4:14 PM

The relationship between Entity Framework 4 betas and ctps explained

There seems to be enough confusion about the betas and ctps of Entity Framework 4 to warrant a brief post. Hopefully this should clear things up nicely. Put simply: Most of Entity Framework 4 (EF4) will ship with .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010
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Friday, November 06, 2009 3:29 PM

The Plan B is all my DEV305 Entity Framework 4 demos as slideware

Next week I will be presenting Entity Framework 4 at TechEd Europe . At least that is what I hope to do. However my Lenovo T61P seems to have some other plans. A year back the screen packed in. The nice IBM man replaced it. All was well. Last week the
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Friday, November 06, 2009 3:25 PM

Entity Framework 4 Session DEV305 at TechEd Europe 2009 – what to expect

Next Monday (9th Nov 2009) at 9am I will be delivering an overview of the new stuff in Entity Framework 4 at TechEd Europe .  The session is DEV305 and the description reads: ADO.NET Entity Framework in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:20 AM

Midnight and the Azure and Entity Framework decks are now final and available for download

You might have been following this series of posts on my preparation for Software Architect 2009. Well, this evening while sitting in a small hotel room in London (with no window and a dodgy tv) I completed both presentations and made them available for
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Monday, September 28, 2009 2:52 PM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – the last day retrospective

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan vs actual for day five (The last day): Play, play, play with the technology.  PART DONE Produce outline skeleton demo sequence
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Friday, September 25, 2009 9:54 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day four and the slides are done

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan vs actual for day four (Thursday): Produce final drafts of each deck and post them so delegates can check out what I’m covering. DONE
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 9:10 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day three was Entity Framework 4 day. I love it!

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan for day three: Nearly got it all done. However I ended up spending more time on EF4 than I had planned as … there is a lot of it! Gather
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:23 PM

Entity Framework 4.0 Resources – documentation links, best blog posts and more

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. [Last updated 23rd Sept 2009] This is my attempt to pull together all (ok – most) of the improvements in Entity Framework 4.0 and aggregate
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:27 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day two and my love for Boot from VHD

This is one of a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. The plan for day two: The Tuesday plan vs actual was … 100% spot on. Install Entity Framework CTP on Windows XP Mode. SUCCESS Install VS2010
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:50 AM

Countdown to Software Architect 2009 – Day one summary and the eureka moment

This is the second in a series of posts on my preparations for sessions on Azure and ORMs at Software Architect 2009. In case you don’t want to skim through the whole post, the main things I learnt in day one are: 1. Never forget that install errors can
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 4:41 PM

Entity Framework Interview – yep, this is what I look like!

In March 2009 I presented on Entity Framework V1 and a little V2 at DevWeek 2009 . MikeT caught me on camera while I was there. I have (rather embarrassingly) only just got round to publishing the video. Ultimately I run out of excuses and was only left
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