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  • Microsoft Introduces WebMatrix

    Microsoft Introduces WebMatrix

    Aug 10
    17

    originally published in CoDe Magazine Editorial Microsoft recently released the first CTP of a new development environment called WebMatrix, which along with some of its supporting technologies are squarely aimed at making the Microsoft Web Platform more approachable for first-time developers and hobbyists. But in the process, it also provides some updated technologies that can make life easier for existing .NET developers. Let’s face it: ASP.NET development isn’t exactly trivial unless y...

  • Using EF “Code First” with an Existing Database

    Using EF “Code First” with an Existing Database

    Aug 10
    04

    Last month I blogged about the new Entity Framework 4 “code first” development option. EF “code-first” enables a pretty sweet code-centric development workflow for working with data. It enables you to: Work with data without ever having to open a designer or define an XML mapping file Define model objects by simply writing “plain old classes” with no base classes required Use a “convention over configuration” approach that enables database persistence without explicitly configuring anyt...

  • Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Aug 10
    04

    I wanted to jump in with my $0.02 (Canadian ) on Microsoft.Data. David Fowler, fellow ASP.Net team member, posted about it earlier today, and the response has been ... active . The message behind most of these responses has been that it encourages bad practices to novice developers. I think there's an important point that's being missed here: It doesn't matter how hard we work, as professional developers, to create clean architectures and abstractions, there's a whole world of novice developer...

  • Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Aug 10
    04

    I wanted to jump in with my $0.02 (Canadian ) on Microsoft.Data. David Fowler, fellow ASP.Net team member, posted about it earlier today, and the response has been ... active . The message behind most of these responses has been that it encourages bad practices to novice developers. I think there's an important point that's being missed here: It doesn't matter how hard we work, as professional developers, to create clean architectures and abstractions, there's a whole world of novice developer...

  • Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Microsoft.Data - It’s not as evil as you think

    Aug 10
    03

    I wanted to jump in with my $0.02 (Canadian ) on Microsoft.Data. David Fowler, fellow ASP.Net team member, posted about it earlier today, and the response has been … active . The message behind most of these responses has been that it encourages bad practices to novice developers. I think there’s an important point that’s being missed here: It doesn’t matter how hard we work, as professional developers, to create clean architectures and abstractions, there’s a whole world of novice developers...

  • Entity Framework 4 “Code-First”: Custom Database Schema Mapping

    Entity Framework 4 “Code-First”: Custom Database Schema Mapping

    Jul 10
    23

    Last week I blogged about the new Entity Framework 4 “code first” development option. The EF “code-first” option enables a pretty sweet code-centric development workflow for working with data. It enables you to: Develop without ever having to open a designer or define an XML mapping file Define model objects by simply writing “plain old classes” with no base classes required Use a “convention over configuration” approach that enables database persistence without explicitly configuring a...