Using WCF Data Services with WinRT

In this post I will walk through the steps of creating an OData / WCF Data Service and consume it from a Windows 8 Metro Style XAML based application.  I will use the following technology stack: SQL Server Entity Framework Code First WCF Data Service WinRT / Metro Style Application To get started you have …

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Performance Considerations for Entity Framework 5

If you are wondering how many cool features are coming in Entity Framework 5.0, the EF team wrote an awesome white paper on performance improvements and tips to get the best performance out of EF.  Please read the article here. To me this article proves a great commitment that Microsoft as a company has to …

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Creating WCF Service with SOAP/REST Endpoints

In this post I am going to describe a solution to the following problem.  I would like to create a single WCF Service and expose it via a standard SOAP endpoint and REST endpoint using Entity Framework, WCF and WCF REST.  Then I would like to consume it from WinRT from two different view models …

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Implementing Error Handling in ASP.NET MVC

In this post I am going to try to document the solution to the following problem. I would like to implement custom global error handling in my ASP.NET MVC application using entity framework to log errors into the database.  Once the error is logged, I want to redirect the user to the custom page that …

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Oracle ODP and Entity Framework Code First (4.2)

Oracle just released its newest version of Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) that incudes support for Entity Framework 4.0.  You can read more about this release here http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/dotnet/whatsnew/index.html.  You can also read this article about usage of ODP (Oracle Data Provider) with Entity Framework models http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/issue-archive/2011/11-sep/o51odt-453447.html One important note is that Code First is not …

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VS Live Orlando 2011

As I mentioned before, I presented at VS Live conference in Orlando, FL Thursday, 12/08/2011. I presented the following two talks Working with Data on Windows Phone 7 I will talk about various approaches to work with data on Windows Phone 7. I will cover all major concepts, such as local storage, OData/WCF Data Services …

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Update to EF Extras Project

As I blogged about this before, I continue working on my Entity Framework Code First extras project on CodePlex.  Today I added support for indexes to the functionality of the project.  I bumped up the version to 0.9.4.  I wanted an ability to declaratively express indexes on tables via attributes.  So, I added a new …

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VS Live Orlando

I will be speaking at VS Live conference in Orlando, FL on 12/08/2011. I will be presenting the following two talks. Working with Data on Windows Phone 7 I will talk about various approaches to work with data on Windows Phone 7. I will cover all major concepts, such as local storage, OData/WCF Data Services …

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VS Live Redmond 2011

As I mentioned before, I presented at VS Live conference in Redmond, WA yesterday, 10/20/2011.  I presented the following two talks Working with Data on Windows Phone 7 I will talk about various approaches to work with data on Windows Phone 7.  I will cover all major concepts, such as local storage, OData/WCF Data Services …

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