Introduction The next logical step in my journey across the Entity Framework v6 RC1 after having established a fairly robust data access approach was to imbue my solution with some more “smarts” when it came to entity validation. Out-of-the-box Entity Framework POCO entities are exactly as advertised – plain old […]
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Introduction This one’s going to be a little shorter than the normal entries, even though I’m stepping through the maze that are exceptions which can be raised out of using the Entity Framework. I’m working on some functionality which will ease the pain of POCO object validation, and also cleaning […]
Introduction Recently I began writing a series of articles demonstrating how you could take a blank Database schema and bring it all together with a fully integrated object relational mapping access model (Entity Framework) and then exposing the entire object graph via WCF web services in a completely detached mode. […]
Introduction This article is part of the ongoing series I’ve been writing recently, but can be read as a standalone article. I’m going to do a better job of integrating the changes documented here into the ongoing solution I’ve been building. However, considering how much time and effort I put […]
Yesterday saw the release of a number of products from Microsoft. The big news is Windows 8.1, which was revealed to have hit the RTM milestone last week and was released to MSDN and TechNet subscribers yesterday. Included in the mix was the well performing Windows Server 2012 (previously in […]
Introduction Following on from the previous article, Data Access with the Entity Framework V6 RC1, this time I’m going to go deeper and look at how we manipulate entities through a structured and often times generic approach. We’ll take a particularly close look at an approach to adding, updating and […]
Introduction Today I’m following on from my previous series of articles from last week, particularly (and logically) from the article More with the Entity Framework V6 RC1. This time around, I’m going to go under the covers and document a new approach I’m trying out around the Entity Framework Data […]
Editorial Update With the recent release of Visual Studio 2013 RC (which includes, by the way a “Go-Live” license) this issue with Visual Studio 2013 Preview has probably been overtaken by events. I’ll leave this here anyway as a historical footnote. How’s this? Tonight I fired up the VM I […]
Introduction In my last post, I explained how to add a NuGet package to a solution, and from there how to generate and lightly consume an Entity Framework data model. We’re going to take it to the next level now, and do a bit more with the framework. Expanding on […]
Introduction Following on from the earlier article which established a data schema, the next step is to wrap the database design in an ORM.. for fun. I’m going to take a look at the latest pre-release of the Entity Framework, version 6 (RC1). If you’re interested in the licensing aspects, […]
Introduction Per my introduction article, I’m learning the hard way – with the latest from Microsoft. Yesterday I created a SQL schema from a Twitter archive which was “fun”, but didn’t provide me with a decent enough schema to model a complete end-to-end design for something meaningful. So I’m back […]
Introduction Recently, I added some articles about installing and configuring some new pre-release software that Microsoft released earlier in the year. [ Visual Studio 2013 | Team Foundation Server 2013 ] Now I’m ready to put it all to the test! I know there’s been a lot of build-up, and […]
If you’re like me, you might have more than one installation of Visual Studio floating around, which can make the process of applying updates a bit tedious. With the release of Visual Studio Update 3 [description], we have another large (potentially ~2GB) set of updates to apply. Now, you might […]
Following on from my previous article about Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, I’m now moving on to Visual Studio 2013 Preview. I’ve installed on the same VM which now hosts Team Foundation Server 2013 Preview, selecting only a small subset of the available options. I’m mainly interested in Web Development, […]
Following on from the last instalment where I looked at supporting PowerShell script development in Visual Studio 2010, I’m going to take a closer look at PowerShell integration with the newer Visual Studio 2012. Again, I’ll be leveraging the excellent Quest PowerGUI product and the associated Visual Studio extension. Installation […]