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  • DevConnections Las Vegas - Nov 2008

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-16-2008
  • Silverlight 2 Book Cover Mock Up

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-14-2008
  • As it Once Was, I am Writing a Book

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-14-2008
  • Entity Framework & LINQ Tonight in Sarasota

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-14-2008
  • Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 SP 1 Beta Download

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-12-2008
  • Silverlight, WCF and LINQ to SQL

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 05-07-2008
  • Entity Framework Setup - Installation Fun!

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 04-19-2008
  • Standard Query Operators with LINQ

    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 ...  
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 04-05-2008
  • New EF CTP! ADO.NET Entity Framework June 2007 CTP is Available

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 07-02-2007
  • Data Access "Practically Done"

    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...
    Posted to John Papa [MVP C#] (Weblog) by John Papa on 06-22-2007
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