April 2008 - Posts
This topic is pretty contraversial (that of "Lazy Loading" in EF) and a lot of people have a misconception about this topic. Check out this article, it covers it pretty well. Here's the link: Entity Framework and Lazy Loading
I just got finished writing one of the most exciting articles I've ever written. The concept is simple, but the code is fairly advanced, so if you're looking to get into some heavy LINQ code, then please check it out: www.singingeels.com/Articles/Self_Sorting_GridView_with_LINQ_Expression_Trees.aspx
Also, we're looking for new authors. So if you're an experienced developer who is looking to advance your career by contributing to the development community, we welcome you to write an original article on Eels. Check out the rules and regulations page of course first.
Like always, feel free to post your (constructive) comments on Eels, or you can post them here.
Crazy title for a blog post? Maybe... but that's exactly what Jonathan Carter (and the Visual Studio & .NET Framework evangelism team at Microsoft) has just released a complete package training kit for. It has the following 6 hands on labs:
- ADO.NET Data Services
- ADO.NET Entity Framework
- ASP.NET AJAX History
- ASP.NET Dynamic Data
- ASP.NET MVC
- ASP.NET Silverlight controls
More information here: http://lostintangent.com/2008/04/16/net-35-enhancements-training-kit/
If you've already tried getting into Silverlight and stopped via frustration from not knowing some basics, then hopefully this article will rekindle your desire to dive in. This article simply covers the various layout options you have and some simple XAML nuances: Silverlight Basics - XAML and Layout
Ok, I realize that this title is a bit lofty, and I don't want to give the impression that I don't love LINQ to SQL... but in paroozing around, I see this blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/archive/2008/04/09/entity-framework-ado-net-data-services-to-ship-with-vs-2008-sp1-net-3-5-sp1.aspx) that confirms the EF designer and other goodness coming in the SP1 release.
While there isn't a date attached to that, it's still great to see that it'll be out soon (and from a pretty official source) :)
Peace,
-Timothy
The Good News
First off, I have to say that I have successfully made an "online video game", with Silverlight as the game client. I can't stress enough how overly difficult this was, and how many "the right way" paths I went down that completely failed.
Here's the rest of my rant, including the frustrations that you'll likely want to know about if you're going to get into Silverlight: http://www.singingeels.com/Blogs/Nullable/2008/04/05/Silverlight_2_Beta_1__Online_Game_and_the_Pain_it_Caused.aspx
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