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With all this heat, I almost wrote "perspiring". Why not beat the heat, and stay cool inside while watching these web casts from MS Canada targeting aspiring architects. With the predicted shortage in IT in the upcoming years, we're sure to
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Last week at TechEd I gave a talk about building data access layers with the Entity Framework. I covered various approaches from not having a data access layer at all, to fully encapsulation of the entity framework - and some hybrid approaches along the
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A quick heads up to let you know that VS 2008 Service Pack 1 is now available (links below). It typically takes a couple of months from this point before we'll see a final release. This Service Pack includes new cool feature: ADO.NET Entity Framework
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:06 PM
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Barry Gervin |
Filed under: Orcas, ADO.NET, SQL, Services, Home, Newsletter, Architecture, VS2008, Entity Framework
In Part 0: Introduction of this series after asking the question "Does the Entity Framework replace the need for a Data Access Layer?", I waxed lengthy about the qualities of a good data access layer. Since that time I've received a quite a
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During the past month, Danny Simmons let us all officially know that SP1 of VS 2008/.NET Framework 3.5 will be the delivery mechanism for the Entity Framework and the Designer, and that we should see a beta of the entire SP1 very soon as well. No release
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Sunday, April 27, 2008 10:20 PM
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Barry Gervin |
Filed under: ADO.NET, SQL, C#, Services, TechEd, Home, Newsletter, Architecture, VS2008, Entity Framework
So the million dollar question is: Does the Entity Framework replace the need for a Data Access Layer? If not, what should my Data Access Layer look like if I want to take advantage of the Entity Framework? In this multi-part series, I hope to explore
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 3:43 PM
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Barry Gervin |
Filed under: VS2005, Orcas, Southern Ontario, Services, Events, WCF, Home, Newsletter, Architecture, VS2008, SharePoint
Attachment(s): TSPUG Barry Gervin 20071219 SP Workflows with VS2008.pptx
Last night I gave a presentation to the Toronto SharePoint Users Group on using Visual Studio 2008 to build SharePoint Workflows. I also covered a little bit on LINQ to SharePoint and WCF/WF integration at the end. Attached are my slides. Enjoy.
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This past Saturday, I gave a talk at the Toronto SharePoint Camp on building composite applications. I started talking in general requirements terms of why composite applications are useful, what they are, and what are the platform requirements - it naturally
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:04 AM
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Barry Gervin |
Filed under: Orcas, ADO.NET, C#, VB.NET, Southern Ontario, Events, Home, Newsletter, Architecture, VS2008
This coming Thursday, Microsoft is hosting the annual Toronto Architect Forum at their offices in Mississauga. The target audience is architects that are *not* in the financial service industry. Here's the agenda: 8:00 - 8:30 am Breakfast and Registration
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I guess by the very definition of an architect, you would have to have aspirational qualities. Mohammad Akif & and Dave Remmer, Architect Evangelists with Microsoft Canada are putting on a series of web casts just for you. Check them out.... Architecture
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