Category Archives: Technical

ELINQ with EF 4.0 Course Update

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Tony Sneed

I’ve been working feverishly the last couple of months to update my DevelopMentor course: Essential LINQ with Entity Framework 4.0.  Here is a breakdown of the course content: Day 1: 1. Functional Programming in C# 2. LINQ to Objects 3. … Continue reading →

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Faking Enums in Entity Framework 4.0

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Tony Sneed

I ran across a great post from Alex James on how to fake enums in EF4.  I’ve had a great deal of experience using enums with LINQ to SQL (via Plinqo), and it’s nice to know how to do it … Continue reading →

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Adding Your Own T4 Templates for EF4 to Visual Studio 2010

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Tony Sneed

I’ve been missing the T4 template for POCO classes that shipped with CTP 1 of Entity Framework 4.0 but was absent from CTP 2.  So I wanted to create my own and have it available in Visual Studio when selecting … Continue reading →

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Learn What’s New in Entity Framework 4.0!

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Tony Sneed

I’ll be presenting a free DevelopMentor web cast on Tuesday Dec 8, 2009 at 9:00 am (Pacific Standard Time) on new features in Entity Framework 4.0.  There’s way too much that’s new to cover in a 90 minute web cast, … Continue reading →

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So Cal Code Camp Session on Entity Framework 4.0

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Tony Sneed

I’ll be presenting a session at Southern California Code Camp entitled “What’s New in Entity Framework 4.0” on Sunday Nov 22nd. I gave the talk yesterday at the conference, which took place at USC.  The room was filled to capacity … Continue reading →

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EF 4.0 N-Tier Support: Take 2

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Tony Sneed

Following the release of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0 Beta 2, the Entity Framework team put out a second CTP for Entity Framework 4.0, which includes enhancements to self-tracking entities. As the name implies, self-tracking entities know how to … Continue reading →

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EF4 Beta 2 Kicks It Up a Notch

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Tony Sneed

The ADO.NET team has released an update along with Beta 2 of .NET 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010.  From the looks of it, they got a lot of nifty features in there, obviating the need for an out-of-cycle CTP.  Having … Continue reading →

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Who is Improving LINQ to SQL? Plinqo by Code Smith!

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Tony Sneed

A lot of people have lingering doubts about whether to use LINQ to SQL for real-world applications, especially since Microsoft has left it to languish in favor of the new version of the Entity Framework slated for release with .NET … Continue reading →

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More on Entity Framework 4.0

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Tony Sneed

DevelopMentor just published an article I wrote on What’s New and Cool in Entity Framework 4.0, where I explain the new support for POCO and n-tier applications in EF 4.0.  Enjoy. Tony

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Top Ten New Features in Entity Framework 4.0

Posted on July 9, 2009 by Tony Sneed

The Entity Framework team at Microsoft has been extremely busy this past year to get a new version of the Entity Framework out the door. The first release (which shipped last summer with .NET 3.5 SP1) generated a fair amount … Continue reading →

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