We have some great meetings lined up for the next few months. Please take a look at the upcoming schedule on the web site.
You’ve probably heard of Entity Framework by now and maybe even some rumors. That ADO.NET Entity Data Model Wizard keeps looking you in the eye in Visual Studio. But what is it really? This introductory session will give you an overview of what the Entity Framework is all about and how it fits into Microsoft’s grand scheme. And you will get started with its core in action – the Entity Data Model, querying with LINQ to Entities and Entity SQL and performing some updates. With this intro, you will be prepared to begin exploring Entity Framework on your own and to learn how to implement it in your applications.
Julie Lerman is an independent consultant and .NET Mentor who has been designing and writing software applications for 20 years. Julie is well known in the .NET community as a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider and a former INETA Board member. She is a prolific blogger, a frequent presenter at technical conferences in the U.S., Canada and even some far reaches of the world and author of articles for MSDN Online, MSDN Magazine and other well known technical publications. Julie presents on a wide variety of topics including ADO.NET, Web Services, Tablet PC development and other aspects of just getting your .NET applications to work the way you want them to. You can get ideas for possible presentations she can do for your user group at thedatafarm.com/talks.aspx. Julie lives in Vermont where she runs the Vermont.NET User Group, is a board member of the Vermont Software Developers Alliance and a member of the Champlain College Software Engineering Advisory Board.You can read Julie's blogs at www.thedatafarm.com/blog and blogs.ziffdavis.com.
Most intro sessions to EF will show you a little drag & drop databinding. But that doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of the Entity Framework’s capabilities. In this session, you’ll get a look at a variety of EF’s features used while building a layered application. You’ll learn a variety of ways to query, some of the possible customizations of the Entity Data Model, scenarios where Entity SQL totally rocks, how to add business logic to Entity Classes , how to create reusable, Generic code for Entities and more.