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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

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- 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 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 ...

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.

EntitySpaces Adds Joins and Arithmetic Expressions

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 23:46:01 GMT

The EntitySpaces Dynamic Query API will soon be sporting Join's and Arithmetic Expressions. The syntax is so elegant even LINQ enthusiasts will take pause. Let's take a look at how you would do a join using the enhanced EntitySpaces DynamicQuery. Note that we are using all of your existing objects to build the query.

EntitySpaces now has PostgreSQL Support

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:31:02 GMT

The EntitySpaces persistence layer and business object architecture for Microsoft .NET now fully supports PostgreSQL 8.2. Using PostgreSQL on .NET has never been easier.

EntitySpaces and WCF - Part One

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:46:01 GMT

EntitySpaces is sporting a new tab on the "Generated Master" template in our upcoming ES2007 maintenance release. The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) has some interesting challenges when it comes to serialization. The model chosen by Microsoft does not work out-of-the-box and doesn't obey attributes such as [XmlIgnore] and alike. So, while you're classes might serialize perfectly in SOAP scenarios you'll be scratching your head when it comes to WCF serialization (in most cases). Of course, EntitySpaces supports binary serialization and you can certainly very easily use our binary serialization for WCF remoting when you are in control of both the client and server.

EntitySpaces to Support CodeSmith

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:46:01 GMT

EntitySpaces 2008 will greatly expand the reach of the EntitySpaces Architecture for the Microsoft .NET Framework by supporting both MyGeneration and CodeSmith. Our decision to support CodeSmith by no means indicates we are abandoning MyGeneration. MyGeneration will continue to be supported by EntitySpaces. We understand code generator loyalty, and we love MyGeneration. But, CodeSmith has its fervent followers, too. EntitySpaces 2008 will open up a new market for EntitySpaces and will give current EntitySpaces users a choice of generator. As of EntitySpaces 2008, the EntitySpaces Architecture will be a very viable choice for the CodeSmith Community. Supporting CodeSmith will have the added advantage of allowing users to generate their EntitySpaces architecture(s) from within Visual Studio 2005 via CodeSmith's Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 integration. Supporting both MyGeneration and CodeSmith, as this post will outline, can be accomplished quite elegantly, and even allow for greater customization by the EntitySpaces Team.