Thunderspot: Excerpts of MS NE Roadshow

BostonUserGroup.org

Wmassdotnet.org

Entity Data Model

Abstraction
Focuses on Entities and Relationship.

Entity Types
Association Types
Navigation Properties

Entities Can contain

Simple Types
Complex Types

Relationships are first class types.

Mapping

EDM Requires three XML Files

The conceptual model CSDL
The definition of the store SSDDL
Mapping between the two MSL

Tool

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/EFMappingHelper/

Entity Clients

Connection
Command
DataReader
Parameter
No Data adapter(Read Only)

How to change the data? Use object services.

Linq to Entity

Object Services

Entity Provider

Readonly, Text based

Object Service
Return objects
Object Identity
Change Tracking
Concurrency for updates

Why Entity Framework

Completely optional
Flexible
Linq Support

Entity Framework Query Sample

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc507640.aspx

ASP.Net Dynamic Data -> ORYX (Codename)

EDMX, DBML + ORYX = CRUD

Keywords

ZoomIt (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897434.aspx)

ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image.

Fiddler (http://www.fiddlertool.com/fiddler/)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa905730.aspx

Fiddler is an HTTP debugging proxy that logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler enables you to inspect all HTTP traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data.

Mix Online

Here we share a mix of video interviews with people shaping the industry and posts that connect the dots on topics important to you. http://sessions.visitmix.com/

UI, UX, RIA -> Rich Internet Applications

http://memorabilia.hardrock.com/

XBAP – Xaml, Browser Application - http://www.xbap.org/

REST ~ SOAP – Protocol

Representational State Transfer