The BLADE!
The IdeaBlade Newsletter August 2005

In This Issue

Microsoft Hosts Four IdeaBlade Webcasts

Object Relational Persistence in .NET

IdeaBlade in the BLOGs

New Version of IdeaBlade-Lite


 

Microsoft Hosts Four IdeaBlade Webcasts
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Microsoft will be hosting four IdeaBlade Webcasts in August. If you are interested in registering for a Webcast, click on the appropriate link below.

August 8th: Rapidly Build Smart Client Applications with IdeaBlade

August 12th: Easily Transition from Visual Basic 6.0 to Visual Basic .NET with IdeaBlade

August 26th: Best Practices in Distributed Smart Client Application Development

August 31st: Rapid Application Development with IdeaBlade 3.0 and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005

More IdeaBlade Webcasts....


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  • Object Relational Persistence in .NET
  • You do not have to write your own persistence layer. Instead, you can use Object Relational Persistence (ORP) to turn relational database data into business objects and jump straight to building your application.

    In this article Ward Bell, IdeaBlade's Vice President of Product Management, will orient you to Object Relational Persistence (ORP) and then build a little Employee Viewer application using IdeaBlade and .NET. He will also show that it is easy to test your ORP business model so you can get in step with "test-driven development (TDD)."

    Download your free copy...
  • IdeaBlade in the BLOGs
  • IdeaBlade has been getting considerable mention in various prominent BLOGs and discussion groups. If you see IdeaBlade posted in a BLOG, let us know so we can pass it along.

    Here are some influential BLOGs that have mentioned IdeaBlade recently and that you might want to bookmark for future reference:

    Brad McCabe's Personal BLOG
    John Gossman: Tales from the Smart Client
    Mike Gunderloy: The Daily Grind
    Craig McMurtry's Personal BLOG
    Robert Scoble: The Scobleizer
    Brian Parker: CEO and Cofounder of NeoTekSystems

    Here is a quote from Mike Gunderloy's recent review of IdeaBlade-Lite;

    "What makes IdeaBlade stand out from some of the other entrants in the .NET application framework arena is the amount of work that it does and the polish of the tools that it delivers for free."

    Read the entire review...
  • New Version of IdeaBlade-Lite
  • CD Dog

    An updated version of IdeaBlade-Lite is now available. If you downloaded your version before July 15, make sure you get the lastest version of our RAD Framework for .NET.

    As always, IdeaBlade-Lite is free.

    Download IdeaBlade-Lite...
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