OakLeaf Systems

OakLeaf Systems is a Northern California software consulting organization specializing in developing and writing about Windows Azure, Windows Azure SQL Database, Windows Azure SQL Data Sync, Windows Azure SQL Database Federations, Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites, Windows Phone 8, LINQ, ADO.NET Entity Framework, OData and WCF Data Services, SQL Server 2008+, and Visual Studio LightSwitch. TIP: Click the latest item's title below to speed loading.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Entity Framework and Orcas Team Suite June 2007 CTPs

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Microsoft just announced availability of the Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" Team Suite June 2007 Community Technology P...
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Saturday, July 07, 2007

Entity Framework June 2007 CTP Visual Basic Samples

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As usual, the sample code included with the Entity Framework June 2007 CTP was written in C#. So I ported the basic elements of the C# EFJu...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

ADO.NET Entity Framework June 2007 CTP Available for Download

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The ADO.NET team missed their June target by only one working day for the first CTP of the ADO.NET Entity Framework after it's "li...
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Third-Party LINQ Implementations Update

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LINQ to SharePoint As promised, Bart De Smet has released the LINQ to SharePoint 0.2.0.0 Alpha  for download from CodePlex with the follow...
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Rico Mariani's DLinq (LINQ to SQL) Performance Tips (Round 3)

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While waiting for Rico to drop his other shoe and provide some Beta 2 LINQ to SQL performance numbers, it occurred to me that increasing the...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Rico Mariani's DLinq Performance Tips (Part 2) and Compiled Queries

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Rico Mariani continues his analysis of LINQ to SQL performance issues with a new DLinq (Linq to SQL) Performance (Part 2)  post dated June 2...
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VB 9.0 Won't Support Collection Initializers (or Array Initializers!)

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Paul Vick answered my Will Visual Basic 9.0 Have Collection Initializers?  question in his June 27, 2007 What's in VB 2008? What's o...
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

Visual Basic Team Starts LINQ Cookbook Series

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Serial blogs about LINQ topics appear to be gaining popularity. The VB Team has embarked on writing the LINQ Cookbook and posted the first ...
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Saturday, June 23, 2007

Rico Mariani Starts LINQ to SQL Performance Analysis Series

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Rico Mariani is a "Performance Preacher" in Microsoft's Developer Division and a co-author of the " Improving .NET Applic...
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Friday, June 22, 2007

Will Visual Basic 9.0 Have Collection Initializers?

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For reasons unknown, all mention of collection initializers for Visual Basic 9.0 has disappeared. The disappearance seems to have occurred w...
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

LINQ to SharePoint 0.2 Alpha to Meet Major WSS 3.0 Template/Apps Surge

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Bart De Smet's LINQ to SharePoint - Announcing the 0.2 alpha release  post yesterday and Mary Jo Foley's SharePoint: Microsoft’s Web...
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Roger Jennings (--rj)
Oakland, California, United States
I'm a Windows Azure Insider, a retired Windows Azure MVP, the principal developer for OakLeaf Systems and the author of 30+ books on Microsoft software. The books have more than 1.25 million English copies in print and have been translated into 20+ languages.

My latest books are Cloud Computing with the Windows Azure Platform for Wrox and Microsoft Access 2010 In Depth for Que.

I'm also a contributing editor for Visual Studio Magazine, write for Redmond Developer News, and contribute to TechTarget's SearchCloudComputing.com blog.

Full disclosure: I make part of my livelihood by writing about Microsoft products in books and for magazines. I regularly receive free evaluation software from Microsoft and press credentials for Microsoft Tech•Ed and PDC. I'm also a member of the Microsoft Partner Network.
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