You can now start building WinRT apps with OData
Many devs have been waiting for a toolkit so they can consume OData from [Metro] “Windows Store” apps they are building. The Release Candidate of these tools is now on the download center: WCF Data...
View ArticlePluralsight Crew 'Call Me Maybe Video'
Silliness ensued after Pluralsight invited all of the authors and staff to participate in yet another spoof of the Call Me Maybe video. Sampson and I did our part (after many many tries!) Check it out.
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Watch out for VS2012 EDMX Code Generation Special Case
There’s a known problem with EDMX code generation in VS2012. I’ve tested this a number of ways in VS2010 and can’t reproduce the problem there so it seems to be specific to VS2012.The problem occurs...
View ArticleVermont Geeks Rejoice! So many awesome events packed into the near future!
Monday Sept 17th, Burlington: Northern Vermont SharePoint Users Group : “Cool Sh-t (SharePoint)"Tuesday Sept 18th, Burlington: VT Functional Group: Eric Smith - Stepping Up to HaskellWednesday Sept...
View ArticleNew Entity Framework in the Enterprise Course on Pluralsight
Well..new as in published last month but I never blogged about it.This is a 3hr16 minute course called “Entity Framework in the Enterprise”.Learn how Entity Framework fits into your overall software...
View ArticleFull Day Entity Framework Workshop Nov 2 at DevConnections
There’s still time to register for my post-conference workshop at DevConnections.VPS301: Entity Framework in the Enterprise: A Day of Guidance for Avoiding and Solving the Big ProblemsHANDS-ON, BRING...
View ArticleEasy Move for Outlook when Replacing Office 2013 Preview with RTM
I just downloaded Office 2013 Pro Plus from MSDN to install on a machine that was running the preview. As this is a recently repaved computer, Office 2013 Preview was the only version of Office on the...
View ArticleRecent Interviews & Articles & Videos
Being the lazy gal that I am, I tend to put this info on twitter which is just a passing note, to be forgotten within a day. So I thought I’d collect some of this recent content in one place.Recent...
View ArticleMaking your way around the Open Source Entity Framework CodePlex Site
I haven’t spent a lot of time on CodePlex until EF got there. So between learning my way around CodePlex and also how the EF team is organizing all of their information, I kept missing key information...
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Digging in to Multi-Tenant Migrations with EF6 Alpha
I wanted to give the new Multi-Tenant migration feature in the EF6 alpha (released Oct 30, 2012) a whirl and having done so, thought I would save someone a few steps figuring it out. The specs are very...
View ArticleBeware machine.config files messing up Code First provider factories
It took us a long time and a bit of luck to get to the bottom of this problem. It turns out that at two completely different client sites they had computers whose machine.config file had been affected...
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My new rig (aka a development box for a geek who is not a hardware nerd)
This fall I got myself a new development computer. I did my usual indecisive Libra thing over for months before settling on something.My last machine was one that I got arm-twisted into building...
View ArticleApril Conferences Where I’ll be Teaching, Plus a Workshop
I’ve enjoyed staying home in Vermont for most of 2012 but the wanderlust is setting in. I’m scheduled to speak at two conferences in April:DevIntersection April 8-12, Las VegasI’ll be doing 3 talks at...
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Attaching an MDF Database to LocalDb in Visual Studio the Easier Way
I’ve been loving Visual Studio 2012’s SQL Server Object Explorer (SSOE) instead of always jumping out to SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to do database management. SSOE covers many (not all) common...
View ArticleWhat’s Best for Unit Testing in EF? It depends, dude!
This tweet stopped me in my tracks because I couldn’t reply in a tweet:Stephen Coulson @sdcoulson@julielerman In your opinion what is the best solution for unit testing#EF dependent...
View ArticleGetting Started with EF5 – New Course on Pluralsight
While EF5 did not bring a huge amount of change to Entity Framework, one small change in the EF Designer in Visual Studio 2012 made a huge difference for people getting started with Entity Framework....
View ArticleEntity Framework at Boston Code Camp #19
I had the pleasure of going to Cambridge this weekend along with a car load of Vermonters (myself, Rachel Reese, Dennis Doire and Kyle Mitofksy) to participate in Boston Code Camp at Microsoft’s NERD...
View ArticleVideo Pick from Getting Started with Entity Framework 5 Course
Here is a 6 minute preview from my new Pluralsight course, Getting Started with Entity Framework 5. The course is about 4.5 hours long and I’ve written a small “guide” to it in this blog post: Getting...
View ArticleA Notable Entity Framework Performance Eater: Casting nchar to nvarchar under...
Brian Sullivan was having a weird query performance problem with one particular EF query and asked about it here on Stackoverflow. Some very knowledgeable people asked all the right questions. It made...
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Getting Started with WCF Data Services 5.4, OData v3 and JSON Light
TLDR: Setup steps to get WCFDS 5.4 up and runningJULBS (Julie’s Usual Lengthy Back Story):WCF Data Services (aka WCFDS) updates are being released at a rapid pace. I think they are on a hoped-for...
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