I'll be speaking at DevConnections in Las Vegas this Fall along with others Julie Lerman and Paul Litwin . The 3 topics I will be presenting are: Data Access with Silverlight 2 Integrating Enterprise Library's Data Access Application Block with your Project Practical Strategies with the Entity...

Here is the mock up of my upcoming Silverlight 2 book that I mentioned earlier today . The title is still up in the air, as is the cover art, and ... let's face it ...  just about everything except for the release date of Nov/Dec 2008.  I just wanted to see what it might look like so I...

It is 3 am and I am learning the subtle balance of typing with one hand while swaying and comforting  my new born child in the other. She was up late crying ... a lot. She had colic. So we took turns staying up with her to comfort her. The problem was I also had a book to finish. It has been years...

Tonight I will be joining the Sarasota SQL Server User group and the Sarasota .NET User group at their combined May 2008 meeting. I will be presenting the Entity Framework and LINQ using the new bits that came out 2 days ago on Monday including the new features that it brings. I always have a good time...

Soma announced this morning that Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 SP 1 is now ready and can be downloaded . This includes several updates, includes support for SQL Server 2008, and has a few new products including the Entity Framework, LINQ to Entities and ADO.NET Data Services (aka Astoria). ScottGu...

I've had some requests lately to write some articles that work with LINQ to SQL. I've ben focusing on the Entity Framework a lot due to its vast nature and that fact that its still relatively unknown to many people. So I am going to work on a LINQ to SQL project that ties into a multi tier model...

Yeah, I know its expected that when a product is in beta and its ancillary features are released in a CTP that there will be some "interesting" issues in getting set up. But its getting a bit out of control (in a good way) lately with all of the installations related to the Entity Framework...

In the March issue of MSDN Magazine's Data Points column I explore a variety of the Standard Query Operators and how they work with LINQ. Read more about standard query operators at johnpapa.net ...  

The ADO.NET team has released the latest bits for the ADO.NET Entity Framework with the June 2007 CTP . There are samples on CodePlex , too. It claims many changes and support for a lot of new features ... I grabbed this partial list from their post: Changes in: Object Services Query Entity Client the...

I will be kicking off my move to South Florida in a few weeks with a 1 day event for the “Practically Done” event series. On Wednesday August 1 st and on Saturday August 4 th I will be presenting “Data Access Done Right”, a full day event in Orlando. Register here for Wednesday, August 1 st – 9am to...