ADO.NET Entity Framework is an object-relational mapping (ORM) framework for Microsoft .NET. In this video, Todd Miranda explores how to use the Entity Framework to access and manipulate data from a database. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/vcsharp/dd565857.aspx
Tiw webcast shows some exciting new features that turn LINQPad into an essential tool for writing and performance-tuning Entity Framework queries.
Java’s appearance at the dawn of the Internet Age helped to propel it to near-instant prominence, and lodged cross-platform virtual machines and garbage-collection firmly into our mainstream consciousness. In Java’s wake, .NET introduced the concept of the “cross-language†virtual machine, and helped to foster a new discussion on the benefits …
This video shows why you want to write unit tests for the perspectives of specifications, feedback, regression & granularity. Then write a GUI in C# using Windows Forms & Approval Tests. ApprovalTests is an open source tool that supports C#, Java, Ruby for unit or acceptance tests.
NGourd, a BDD framework for C#, is presented by Michael Minutillo (@wolfbyte) at the Australian Virtual Alt.Net meeting, May 11 2009. NGourd is designed heavily influenced by the Cucumber tool from the ruby world. The intention is to create a clean separation between the intent of a specification versus it’s …