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Domain Model Examples For .Net
Since I made the post on Migrating from Table Models to Domain Models via OCL I’ve had a couple people ask about examples using the Domain Model with .Net. The best book I’ve found on the subject of patterns and enterprise architecture is Martin Fowler’s PoEAA book. Although not written just for .Net developers, it does have some .Net examples and some Java, too. As for a real world example, I haven’t found one. Typically I’d point to the MSDN Patterns and Practices site for this type of stuff, but I haven’t found a good Domain Model example there. One of the things we are trying to do with the LearningXml and XmlInsiders projects is to build our websites using some of the best practices we’ve developed involving the use of XML within your application. And one of those things is how to map your relational data to your Domain Model. When I get some time, I’ll create an example of how I’ve been doing this. Until then, if anyone else knows of some good domain model examples in .Net please post a comment to let the folks know about it.
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North NJ .Net Meeting Featuring Deborah Kurata – Pre-Registration Required
If you are planning to go to February’s N3UG meeting featuring Deborah Kurata, you will need to pre-register, so that the folks at SetFocus can get a better idea on how many people to expect.
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Dev Days and the Whidbey Version
Does anyone know if the Whidbey version that will be given out at Dev Days will be an updated version, or just the one from the PDC. I thought one of my local MCS guys said it was going to be a new drop, but I can’t find an official post on this.
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Migrating from Table Models to Domain Models via OCL
I’ve been dwelling on this idea of trying to use some variation of the Object Constraint Language within .Net, and I think I’m finally at the point where I can try to discuss it in a coherent manner. OCL is used to describe the constraints on objects within UML, but I’d like to enhance it be used in more than UML.
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Dottext.Web.HttpCompression
Jeff Jullian created a .Text plugin so that you can combine Ben Lowery's HttpCompression and ScottW's .Text version 0.95. What it will do for you is compress only the rss feeds, and not the other aspx pages, so you avoid the Server.Transfer issues that HttpCompression can suffer (well, MS has a hotfix, but not all hosting providers have it installed see Ben's article.).
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NYC .Net Meeting Thursday, Jan. 15th
I’m going to the NYC .Net meeting (which I usually don’t do since it is quite a commute) on Thursday. Scott Hansleman (sponsored by INETA) is presenting a session on the Zen and Art of Web Services (got to show support for my homies). I wonder if Rory will try to stow away in Scott’s luggage. If anyone wants to get together, contact me, or just meet me at the meeting.
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OneNote For Blogging
I’m sure others have thought of this, but OneNote would be an excellent tool for a blogging editor, except for the fact that the API isn’t public. I use OneNote all the time to jot done my blog entries, and then copy and paste them into the my site. I’d like to create a plugin for OneNote to post to my blog via the SOAP APIs, but since the OneNote APIs are private that can not be done. Yes I know that I could save it to a mht file, and write a script to parse it and post it to my site, but that’s a kludge. It would be so much better to do it right from OneNote. I see that Don Box is creating an XSLT to convert WordML to XHTML, which is another possibility, if I wrap that in a Word Macro that can post to my site. Maybe that is something that I should tackle this week.