Preparing for the Atlanta Code Camp

I'm scheduled first thing in the morning to present an "Introduction to O/R Mapping" at the Atlanta Code Camp.  I've given many presentations to my teams in the past, but this will be my first public presentation -- so wish me the best.  Will I make a good trainer -- or should I stick to designing and implementing solutions for clients -- we'll find out tomorrow.  :)  Of course, as luck would have it, my allergies are acting up in a major way yesterday and today -- just like every May -- so hopefully I'll feel better.  By the way, since code camps are supposed to be free code only, I'll be using NHibernate for my set of examples -- I've actually got a nice little reference app with both an NHibernate implementation and a WilsonORMapper implementation.  It demos just about every type of relationship and key type, as well as making use of a lot of inheritance (supported in v4.0 of my mapper, currently in beta).  I'll post both versions in the coming week or so, when mine gets out of beta -- I think the NHibernate crowd will appreciate it since I've failed to find a good example app in my search.  Maybe I'll also share some of my experiences working with NHibernate, which isn't bad at all -- of course I still like mine better.  :)  Finally, for all those who have asked, I've added a Wiki to my WilsonDotNet site where anyone can view it but only subscribers can edit it -- maybe I'll share some information about why I did it the way I have soon also.

5 Comments

  • It will be a great presentation and I would love to be there. Learning about O/R Mapping from The Master, for sure. Hope your allergies settle down for the show.



  • You made a great presentation, Paul! You had the best one of all of them, and Todd Fine's Avalon/XAML was the next best.



    Your presentation skills were great, and your content was first-rate. I'm not ready to run into ORM head-first, but you made some compelling arguments and I certainly will be looking into ORM more.

  • So how'd ya get on Paul?

  • You're going to give me a big head Eric -- I'm glad you thought it was great, but I'd also appreciate any critical comments also. I know I wanted to cover more material of course, but I did at least hopefully succeed in my main goal of convincing people to consider O/R Mapping, while giving at least a little of a head start in that direction too.

  • I'm sorry that I had to miss it! The word on the street was that it was a good presentation.

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