I had an interesting problem to study today. The business problem is quite simple. I want to allow users to enter a number of items on a screen that are recursively related. To illustrate here is what I have in mind Item 1 Item 1.1 Item 1.2 Item 1.2.1 Etc.. I do not want to …
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If you wrote any web apps using ASP.NET and IIS, you are familiar with the concept of app pools in IIS. If you also used Entity Framework or any other library that requires some amount of work to warm-up, you have seen the effects of app pool recycling. At that time application domain for your …
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I was helping out a friend who is working on healthcare software. They would like to run the app on Azure. I am not sure how many of you have heard of HIPAA – Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It sets some rules for anyone who writes healthcare related software. One of the requirements …
Yesterday I spoke on Entity Framework at Microsoft Integration Architects Atlanta users group, and wanted to post my slides and a sample project. Here is the session description. Entity Framework Code First End to End This session will cover the use Entity Framework in .NET based applications. Discussion will include model creation and organization as …
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As you have noticed from my previous posts, Atlanta Code Camp took place yesterday, August 24th. I spoke on Entity Framework, and wanted to post my slides and a sample project. Here is the session description. Entity Framework Code First End to End This session will cover the use Entity Framework in .NET based applications. …
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I ran into a very interesting problem this week. I got feedback that a few queries in an application I am working on are not using indexes. The app itself is using Entity Framework over Oracle. There was a matching index for each query, but Oracle was not using it. I decided to use Toad …
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As I mentioned before, I spoke at VS Live 2013 in Las Vegas last week. I spoke on two topics Entity Framework Code First End to End This session will cover the use Entity Framework in .NET based applications. Discussion will include model creation and organization as well as schema evolution via migrations. The role …
I spoke yesterday at AMDev on Entity Framework. Here is a short session description. This session will cover scenarios beyond the basics. Topics such as creation of object hierarchies and complex types will be discussed. Performance tips will be covered as well as usage scenarios in services. Techniques to handle schema changes will be discussed. …
In case you were wondering why my blogging slacked off a bit during summer months, I have been working on Entity Framework online course for CampusMVP.net. It was pretty hard, yet exciting work for me. I tried to do my best to cover data access using Entity Framework from the ground up. The material starts …
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I spoke today at DevLink on Entity Framework. Here is a short session description. This session will cover scenarios beyond the basics. Topics such as creation of object hierarchies and complex types will be discussed. Performance tips will be covered as well as usage scenarios in services. Techniques to handle schema changes will be discussed. …