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EntitySpaces 2009 Video Preview

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:46:02 GMT

We have created a video preview of our EntitySpaces 2009 Plugin for Visual Studio. The video is approximately 6 meg in size so give it a moment to get started. The video has sound and you might need to adjust your volume. We hope that you enjoy this video. It really gives you a feel for what it's going to be like to use EntitySpaces 2009, and it's really nice never having to leave Visual Studio.

EntitySpaces 2009 - Running under Visual Studio (Part 2)

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:46:03 GMT

In this post we'll take a look at both the Template Browser and the template user interface mechanism. The Template Browser lists the templates in a tree based on each template's Namespace located in the template header (shown left). You can see from the TemplateInfo tag in the template header that there is both a Namespace and a UniqueID attribute. The UniqueID will be discussed later when we dig into the user interface. Now, however, let's take a look at the Template Browser. The Template Browser is shown below (while running under Visual Studio).

EntitySpaces 2009 - Running under Visual Studio

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:46:09 GMT

EntitySpaces 2009 will plug right into Visual Studio and it will use its own internal code generator. This means that Visual Studio users will never have to leave Visual Studio to work on or generate their EntitySpaces architecture. The image below shows how EntitySpaces 2009 looks embedded within Visual Studio. While it is likely to change a little before our first beta this should provide you with a feel for ES2009. The nice thing is that ES2009 is a dockable window just like any other window within Visual Studio, you can even generate your EntitySpaces classes directly into your solution and the folders/files will be created automatically for you.

EntitySpaces 2009 Preview - New Code Generation

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:16:10 GMT

EntitySpaces has teamed up with Justin Greenwood (shown left) of MyGeneration Software to create a brand new code generation engine for EntitySpaces 2009. Because of Justin's code generation expertise we contaced Justin and asked him to create a very simple, lightweight code generation engine whose only job is to execute templates (there is no user interface support by design). The code generation engine makes the EntitySpaces MetdataEngine available as an intrinsic object available to all templates through the "esMeta" property. We already have a working version of the code generation engine and thought we would share our progress with you.

EntitySpaces 2008 - 09/15 Released

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:30:27 GMT

We are pleased to announce that the official EntitySpaces 2008 0915 release is now available for download. This will be the final EntitySpaces 2008 release. Work is already underway on EntitySpaces 2009 and we will make a blog post filling you in on the some of details very shortly. Major Performance Enhancements are just a part of this release ....

MySQL - We beg of thee, add a true "Guid" datatype to MySQL 6.0

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:01:02 GMT

Basically, the MySQL Connector/Net (5.2.2.0) provider treats BINARY(16) columns as Guids, though there is not real Guid (uniqueidentifier in Microsoft SQL) data type. However, it's not transparent, there are special read and write methods for it. If you're a MySQL fan let the folks over at MySQL know that you want a true data type for Guids and not an imposter. We appreciate the hard work the MySQL Connector/Net team is doing. After all, MySQL doesn't have a Guid type yet so they are doing what they can. However, we would rather see them lobby the core database engine team for a true Guid column type. How about you?

EntitySpaces 2008- LINQ to DataTable?

Sun, 25 May 2008 00:31:03 GMT

I have always built architectures on top of ADO.NET DataTables, they're fast (yes), flexible, and the power it provides is really pretty good. Additionally, as new features are added to ADO.NET they can then be easily absorbed. We were able to add LINQ to SQL to EntitySpaces by simply turning a LINQ query into an ADO.NET DataTable. Once we exchange the LINQ query for an ADO.NET DataTable the EntitySpaces architecture functions as normal since its underlying data structure is a DataTable. Pretty sweet. Here's a nice little trick in case you are not aware of it.

EntitySpaces and Silverlight Demo (Part 2)

Mon, 26 May 2008 17:01:02 GMT

Part One described the process of getting Silverlight to interact with a WCF web service, and showed how to bind EntitySpaces based data objects (WCF client proxies) to Silverlight controls, specifically a DataGrid control. While there were a lot of pages of review in Part One, it was mostly point-and-click "configuration coding", as MyGeneration, EntitySpaces, and Visual Studio did most of the work for us. But showing data in a grid isn't very exciting. It's time to look at some interaction with data and give EntitySpaces a little more credit than just a data wrapper.

Is the ADO.NET Team Abandoning LINQ to SQL?

Fri, 23 May 2008 17:46:07 GMT

Roger Jennings, eagle-eyed reporter of all things LINQ/ADO.NET/EF, describes why LINQ to SQL appears to be approaching legacy product status, with promised features unlikely to ever ship.

EntitySpaces and Silverlight Demo (Part 1)

Tue, 06 May 2008 14:46:03 GMT

I was asked to see how easy it would be to get EntitySpaces objects to work inside Silverlight, and to demonstrate my findings. This was a curiously interesting notion, since many have pondered whether Silverlight is a valuable runtime environment for LOB (line-of-business) applications. There are a number of reasons why Silverlight, at least in its Version2 flavor, would be very ideal for building client/server applications ...

EntitySpaces 2008 Beta II Available

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:16:03 GMT

The EntitySpaces 2008 Beta II is now available. The version number is 2008.0.0427.0 and is available for download now on our home page

MVC, TDD, ORM, WCF, OMG LOL

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:46:39 GMT

SubSonic, EntitySpaces, and a little humor ....

EntitySpaces - Juno Beach and LINQ to SQL

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:34:17 GMT

If you noticed that I wasn't around much on the forums this past week you weren't imagining things. I was on vacation in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. It's truly paradise on earth.

EntitySpaces 2008 "Cast" Support

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:01:03 GMT

The casting logic is now in-place for EntitySpaces 2008. Let's look at a few quick examples so you can get a feel for how this new feature works. These examples are not be real world scenarios and were chosen to merely demonstrate the syntax.

EntitySpaces 2008 Alpha for CodeSmith Released

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:46:03 GMT

We are very excited to offer this Alpha release for those who want to get a head start with EntitySpaces 2008 (ES2008). This Alpha release supports only C# class generation from within CodeSmith, and only supports Microsoft SqlServer. A subsequent beta release will support CodeSmith, MyGeneration, C#/VB.NET classes, and all of our providers. The Alpha release comes with both .NET 2.0 and .NET 3.5 runtimes. The Alpha comes with the new, very powerful, SubQuery Enhancements to our DynamicQuery API.

EntitySpaces 2008 - Dynamic SubQuery Showcase

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:31:02 GMT

EntitySpaces, LLC will be delivering substantial SubQuery horsepower in its 2008 release. The EntitySpaces DynamicQuery API (just one of the features of using EntitySpaces) has proven to be a very powerful tool for .NET developers.

EntitySpaces 2008 and CodeSmith Together At Last

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:53:49 GMT

Imagine never having to leave Visual Studio while creating and shaping your EntitySpaces based application. Simply pop into the "CodeSmith Explorer", right mouse on our "Master Template", execute it, include the newly generated files into your solution, compile, and you're off and running in a matter of a few minutes. So Sweet.

EntitySpaces 2008 Adds Subqueries

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:38:39 GMT

We're busy working on EntitySpaces 2008 (ES2008) and thought we would demonstrate to you how subqueries will work. If you are familiar with our Join syntax then subqueries will feel like a perfect extension. The EntitySpaces 2008 architecture allows subqueries on the Select, the Where, the From, and the Join statement. Before we look at subqueries take a moment to review how our join syntax works. The EntitySpaces DynamicQuery API has proven to be very popular, so much so that other architectures are following suit.

That's right . "EntitySpaces running under Mono on Linux using MySQL"

Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:01:03 GMT

EntitySpaces $1000 Mono Contest - We have a Winner !!

EntitySpaces is Looking to Hire (contract) a CodeSmith Expert

Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:25:28 GMT

If you are a CodeSmith guru and well versed in writing CodeSmith templates you are the kind of person we are looking for. We have a set of templates written for MyGeneration that we would like ported to CodeSmith. This will be pretty easy actually as we have our own assemblies that will all run under CodeSmith.

EntitySpaces 2008 Preview

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:01:04 GMT

Take a look at the major enhancements coming in ES2008 as outlined in this blog post. A new code generator, enhanced DynamicQuery, more providers ...

EntitySpaces - $1000 Contest for a Mono Application

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:17:53 GMT

EntitySpaces, LLC is offering $1,000 U.S. dollars to the first person or company to successfully create an EntitySpaces application that runs under Mono version 1.2.5.1 or higher ...

EntitySpaces - new esEntityCollectionView class

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 06:46:03 GMT

The esEntityCollectionView acts like the ADO.NET DataView class only for EntitySpaces Collections. This new class will allow you to have multiple views on the same collection each with a different sort and filter acting independently of other views.

Microsoft ruined data binding in ASP.NET 2.0 - Part II

Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:33:07 GMT

Again, the new Microsoft ASP.NET data binding has proven to be flawed. It is next to impossible to support both ASP.NET and Windows.Forms binding with the same codebase due to a serious bug in the .NET Framework. Also, the HierarchicalDataSourceControl implementation suffers from a lack of foresight by its designers.

MyGeneration 1.3 Beta - The 100% Free Code Generator

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:31:02 GMT

The first official MyGeneration since it has gone open source on SourceForge.net under the BSD licensing model is coming soon. There are some very cool new features as well. First, and very importantly, you can now install the new MyGeneration side-by-side with the MyGeneration 1.2.0.7 release that is on Download.com. MyGeneration is still going strong with over 100,000 downloads on download.com and MyGeneration already ranks 172nd on SourceForge.net. Many have joined in on the project. MyGeneration is getting much more powerful, please help us keep this wonderful, totally free, code generation tool moving forward. Many have done so and we thank you. The next EntitySpaces beta we put out will support this version of MyGeneration also.