5-minute No-nonsense Intro to Windows Azure I just came across this excellent introduction to Windows Azure from a developer’s perspective. I hope you will enjoy.… Read More
POCO in ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 ADO.NET Entity Framework means many things to many people. At it’s core, however, it allows for Object Relational Mapping (ORM) by providing a layer of abstraction between relational databases and Object Oriented domain objects. The first version of Entity Framework was introduced with .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 and Visual Studio 2008 SP1. While the intention… Read More
Simplify N-tier Development with WCF RIA Services Last night I was at Dallas .NET User Group meeting where Tony Sneed of DevelopMentor made a presentation on WCF RIA Services called “Turbocharge Silverlight Development with WCF RIA Services“. I had read about this new technology before, but never had the time to play with it. The presentation turned out to be pretty cool.… Read More
An Elegant Way to Implement ReadOnlyDictionary(TKey, TValue) in C# While working on creating an application framework for a personal project, I needed a way to expose a Dictionary<TKey, TValue> object from one of my methods. The only caveat being, I wanted the Dictionary object to be read-only.… Read More