Tag Archives: Trackable Entities

It’s here! Trackable Entities for EF Core!

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Tony Sneed

The idea behind my open source Trackable Entities project is quite simple: track changes to an object graph as you update, add and remove items, then send those changes to a back end service where they can be saved in … Continue reading →

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React to JavaScript object updates with observable-entities-js

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Tony Sneed

I just published my first TypeScript library — observable-entities.  It contains base classes that notify observers when properties are updated and when objects are added or removed from collections. The code for observable-entitites-js can be found here: https://github.com/TrackableEntities/observable-entities-js. Node sample app that uses observable-entities … Continue reading →

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Remember RIA Services? Trackable Entities Can Fill the Void

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Tony Sneed

Anyone remember WCF RIA Services?  It was a great idea: simplify n-tier development with a combination of libraries and tooling. Take something which is inherently difficult, namely data-centric web services consumed by rich clients, and make it easier.  Provide a … Continue reading →

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EF 6.x Code-First and Model-First with Trackable Entities 2.1

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Tony Sneed

Until now Trackable Entities has required the Entity Framework Power Tools to reverse engineer Code-First model classes from an existing database.  But not long ago the Entity Framework team released the EF 6.x Tools for Visual Studio 2012 and 2013, … Continue reading →

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Real-World MVVM with Entity Framework and ASP.NET Web API

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Tony Sneed

I just completed a sample application using Simple MVVM Toolkit together with Trackable Entities to build a real-world N-Tier solution with a WPF client and portable POCO entities that are automatically change-tracked and sent to an ASP.NET Web API service … Continue reading →

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Become an N-Tier Ninja with Trackable Entities 2.0

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Tony Sneed

Taking a cue from Julie Lerman and Scott Hanselman, I’ve decided to dub version 2.0 of my Trackable Entities framework, the “Ninja Edition.” After releasing v 1.0 six month ago, I received several constructive suggestions on the project discussion and … Continue reading →

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