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

It is 3 am and I am learning the subtle balance of typing with one hand while swaying and comforting  my new born child in the other. She was up late crying ... a lot. She had colic. So we took turns staying up with her to comfort her. The problem was I also had a book to finish. It has been years