I've decided to at least try to put all of the code sample in my Data Access with Silverlight 2 book [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/silverlight-2-book-cover-mock-up/] in both VB and C#. While VB was once my main language, C# has long since been the primary language I use.  Thankfully, there is th

I've prepared dozens of articles and presentations on the Entity Framework over the past year and a half and the questions always start with "Why would I want to use this instead of XYZ?" LINQ to SQL, a variety of ORM tools, straight up ADO.NET, custom data layers, CSLA.NET and this li

I just finished writing the first draft of a sample I am including in my upcoming book tentatively titled Data Access with Silverlight 2 by O'Reilly [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/as-it-once-was-i-am-writing-a-book/]. Without giving too much away yet since the final details of the contract are no

I'll be speaking at DevConnections [http://www.devconnections.com] in Las Vegas this Fall along with others Julie Lerman [http://www.thedatafarm.com] and Paul Litwin [http://aspadvice.com/blogs/plitwin]. The 3 topics I will be presenting are: * Data Access with Silverlight 2 * Integrating En

Here is the mock up of my upcoming Silverlight 2 book that I mentioned earlier today [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/as-it-once-was-i-am-writing-a-book/]. The title is still up in the air, as is the cover art, and ... let's face it ...  just about everything except for the release date of Nov/Dec