DevForce WinClient Videos

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Object Mapping	14 minutes
Topics: - Creating a Simple Entity Data Model with the Visual Studio Entity Data Model Designer - Creating a Domain Model with the DevForce Object Mapper - Adding the Entity Data Model to the DevForce Domain Model - Adjusting Names of Types in the DevForce Object Mapper - Code Generated by the Entity Data Model Designer and DevForce Object Mapper

Retrieving Data With LINQ, the Entity Data Model, and the DevForce Domain Model	43 minutes in seven sections
Topics: This series of short videos illustrate data retrieval via LINQ queries against, first an ADO.NET Entity Data Model, and next, a DevForce WinClient-generated domain model.
The Entity Data Model	2:26
Using LINQ-to-Entities Against the Entity Data Model	6:49
Using LINQ-to-DevForce Against the DevForce-Generated Domain Model	9:38
Working With Extension Methods	5:35
Working with the Local Cache	7:00
Subqueries and Query Inversion	5:05
Aggregates, Unions, and Intersections	5:59

Winforms UI	29 minutes
This video introduces an application used as the basis for several DevForce Learning Units. The app uses a single WinForm that loads TabPages as the user selects entities to work with. The TabPages, in turn, load UserControls and populate them with data as the user navigates. The app embodies a simple yet realistic application architecture. Topics: - Overview of the application - Main form and startup logic - TabPages and the TabPageBase class - UserControls and the IEntityUserControl interface - Suggested exercises

Modifying Your Database and Updating Your Entity Data Model	30 minutes in eight sections
This series of short videos address the task of modifying your database in a variety of ways and updating your Entity Data Model to correspond.
Building the Basic Model (quick �n dirty)	5:48
Adding a Column	2:08
Adding a Table, a Column, and a Relationship	3:39
Removing a Relationship and a Column	4:51
Removing a Table	3:20
Modifying a Property of a Column	3:56
Renaming a Column	2:10
Renaming a Key Column	3:44

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