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re: LINQ To SQL dead in the water?

mattnewman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:47:42 GMT

The problem I have, is LINQ to SQL is simple and works well for its target.

EF vNext might actually be usable, but it isn't LINQ to SQL and it doesn't fit where LINQ to SQL fits. Its kind of like using a hammer to clean your windows.

Simply put, EF (even if it works) won't work for any of my projects but LINQ to SQL does

re: LINQ To SQL dead in the water?

rendle — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:57:59 GMT

On the plus side, if .NET 4 includes the second iteration of Entity Framework, it might actually be usable.

re: WPF and Skinning Part 1

mattnewman — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:47:36 GMT

Well... the "official" line is the designer/developer pair up thing.

From my perspective it makes windows development a heck of a lot better and easier. In Win32 API programming you have to do everything the hard way (and it really is hard). In Win32 you get common controls and if you want something custom you get to draw it by yourself pixel by pixel.

It is kind of like what C#/Java is to C and C++. It does the dirty work for you letting you go above and beyond without constantly reinventing the world. It also brings in some of the ideas that appeared in web programming like styles and declarative markup.

re: WPF and Skinning Part 1

Jon Homan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:13:56 GMT

SPAM!!! Anyways, good job on the presentation.

One thing Harris and I were wondering is what is the purpose of WPF? What problem is it trying to solve? What's it used for?

re: Product Key Manager Updates

mattnewman — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:26:30 GMT

I'm not sure when I'll release this version as there is a lot I still want to get in it. But once I get the database stabilized (as I have made some changes from 2 to 3) I'll try and get a beta released.

re: Product Key Manager Updates

osilva — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:09:36 GMT

when you'll release this version