This article talks about performing validations while using Entity framework. We will see how the Entities facilitate validations using partial methods.
Sometimes, a bug fix cannot meet the challenges by a regression test. So thinking twice for a better solution is worthwhile for troubleshooting and bug fixes.
Part 2 of a series describing the creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light Toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.
Part 4 of a series describing creation of a Silverlight business application using Self-tracking Entities, WCF Services, WIF, MVVM Light toolkit, MEF, and T4 Templates.
Samples showcasing usage of OData in .NET (WCF Data Services); samples go in increasing order of complexity, addressing more and more advanced scenarios.
How to utilize the ObjectContainerDatasource from the Web Client Software Factory to perform databinding while maintaining an MVP architecture. Samples are provided for Entity Framework, LINQ to SQL, and ADO.NET.
Convert a class library of POCO classes to datacontracts for use with WCF without having to write DataContract and DataMember attributes directly to the POCO classes.
One of the most popular questions is whether there exists a method which will automatically decide whether to insert, update or delete entity in the Entity-Framework. Now it is possible with EntityGraphOperations library.
There are lots of ways to implement Uniqueness or Unique Key attribute on a model property other than primary key, but here I am going to discuss two possible best and easiest ways to do so into two parts of this series. This is Part 1.
There are lots of ways to implement Uniqueness or Unique Key attribute on a model property other than primary key, but here I am going to discuss two possible best and easiest ways to do so in two parts of these series. This is Part 2.
In this article, I’m going to show you how you can continue using EF Code First to model your database, while also using ReadyRoll to do the actual deployment of T-SQL change scripts and overcome the challenges of the Code First approach.
This article presents the techniques and caveats of building a 3-tire Azure hosted application using Silverlight 3 (presentation tier), .NET RIA services (business logic and data access), and Windows Azure Table (data storage).
Anytime you are developing a project using Entity Framework, you need to create a DataLayer class accessing each object within your model with different methods. This generator will do this stuff for you.
This article tries to explain why you should use Catel as the (or one of the) frameworks when developing WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone 7 applications.
This article demonstrates how to write a domain service factory to host plain old class object (POCO) entities and use them through RIA Services in Silverlight version 4.
Custom Rule Engine approach which can evaluate complex combinations of business rules. A sample application is provided in WPF following the MVVM pattern.
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