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Interesting interview of Krzysztof Czarnecki, the famous coauthor of the book "Generative Programming".

Episode 96: Interview Krzysztof Czarnecki | Software Engineering Radio

In search of a solution to how LINQ to SQL should be used in an N-tier application architecture with a smart client and WCF distribution I have come across the following links:

Ian Cooper: http://codebetter.com/blogs/ian_cooper/default.aspx, especially part 8: Architecting LINQ To SQL Applications, part 8

All of Ian's parts should be returned by this search.

MSDN:

• LINQ to SQL N-Tier with Web Services
• Learning by Walkthroughs (LINQ to SQL)

ScottGu (a bit old but still useful background data for LINQ):

• Using LINQ to SQL (Part 1)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 2 - Defining our Data Model Classes)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 3 - Querying our Database)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 4 - Updating our Database)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 5 - Binding UI using the ASP:LinqDataSource Control)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 6 - Retrieving Data Using Stored Procedures)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 8 - Executing Custom SQL BLOCKED EXPRESSION
• LINQ to SQL (Part 7 - Updating our Database using Stored Procedures)
• LINQ to SQL (Part 9 - Using a Custom LINQ Expression with the <asp:LinqDatasource> control)

Matt Warren

• IQueryable’s Deep Dark Secret
• The Origin of LINQ to SQL

DinnerNow.NET v 2.5 for VS2008 and .NET 3.5

Visual Studio 2008 Training Kit available here

A profound discovery after reading all of this is the following (taken from Ian's blog, emphasis mine):

... This suprises some people because they are used to working with DataSets, which formed a unit of work, and were serialized with both the old and current state of the rows they contained, allowing the updates to be played through a DataAdapter when they were passed back to the middle tier. LINQ To SQL does not support this model 'out-of-the-box'. This tends to shock people who expect that the features of DataSets should somehow extend to LINQ To SQL.

Silverlight 2:sta uusi beta samoin kuin myös Blend 2.5 june preview ja VS2008 tuki.

Team Perfect Hit from Evtek was selected as the Imagine Cup winners for Software Design category earlier today. Congratulations!

Stenka said that the event video coverage will be live at www.codezone.fi shortly.

I have wondered a few times with Ahti what is the next big thing that happens after .NET. After all, .NET was introduced to the general public in Orlando PDC 2000. And, if you listened carefully, essentials were already talked a few years earlier. This makes .NET about 10 years old now, so something new is bound to be introduced.

Another thing I have wondered has been what Don Box is up to nowadays. Don was very visible person in the beginning of .NET and of course when Indigo was on the drawing table. He has been very quiet up until now. Let's see some early hints:

DB blog: Work

DPurdy's blog: New Languages & Compilers

DB talk at Lang.NET 2008 symposium, very interesting talk on where MS development platform is going. I expect to hear a lot more at this year's PDC. Some highlights:

• Modeling and languages
• Goals: write less code, understand our software
• Angle brackets are not for everyone
• "Can you write Powerpoint in it?" - yes, you can
• Come up with something better than XML

This seems like a good idea. However, so far the tech preview is not open to non-US citizens (I don't understand this kind of restrictions in the age of modern information society) and msmobiles.com had some doubts whether Microsoft really understands the importance of Windows Mobile in this context. Hmmm, hard to say until I can get my hands on the actual service. I am on the waiting list though...

I think at least the following services/products should be aligned with Live Mesh:

• Skydrive.live.com
• Groove
• MOSS

https://www.mesh.com

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