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Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 2:16pm CEST
It is nearly impossible today to write enterprise software without the use of one or more relational databases. Granted, there are cases when the data is transient and not stored in a database, but for the most part, software needs to consume and manipulate data in a database. It sounds easy, but there are hundreds of ways to connect software systems to databases and thousands of people who think they have the skeleton key for data access layers.
Pro LINQ Object Relational Mapping in C# 2008 explains an efficient, repeatable way to apply industry design patterns to build scalable object–oriented data access layers.
Object relational mapping (OR/M) has been a gray area in Microsoft development for many years. It’s not that Microsoft language developers don’t understand OR/M; in fact, the opposite is true, as is exemplified by the glut of third–party .NET OR/M tools on the market. The struggle has come more from the lack of native tools with the object–oriented and object persistence capacity to effectively work in this arena. With the inception of .NET, Microsoft overcame the first obstacle by developing an object–oriented environment and framework. The second obstacle, the native object persistence layer, is only now being realized with the introduction of Language Integrated Query (LINQ) and LINQ’s children, the Language Integrated Query for Relational Databases (LINQ to SQL) and the Language Integrated Query for the ADO.NET Entity Framework (LINQ to Entities). The gray area no longer exists, and the .NET developers of the world finally have the native tools required to build modular, reusable data access layers.
What you’ll learn
- The powerful advantages that OR/M can bring to your code
- The native tools that are now available within Visual Studio 2008 for OR/M
- How to build scalable object–oriented data access layers that take advantage of OR/M’s flexibility
- How LINQ fits into this picture, together with the advantages and disadvantages that it can bring
- How the concepts work in the real world by examining a fully worked and detailed case study, created with an architecture than can be easily applied to a wide range of other situations
Who is this book for?
This book is intended for Microsoft .NET developers who are using or evaluating Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 to build data–aware applications, and it will provide patterns and resources that can be used to build enterprise class software.
About the Apress Pro Series
The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.
You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
Related Titles
- Pro C# 2008 and the .NET 3.5 Framework, Fourth Edition
- Pro LINQ: Language Integrated Query in C# 2008
About the Author
Vijay P. Mehta has been working as a software engineer and architect for the last 12 years. Starting off in the VC++/ATL, MFC, Win32, and VB6 worlds, Vijay later moved on to Java and .Net development. With his current focus on C# and .Net, Vijay holds a number of Microsoft certifications and has written a number of articles on .Net and Microsoft–focused development. Currently working as an Architect for a financial services software company in Indianapolis, Vijay spends the bulk of his time designing and implementing large, cutting-edge software systems.
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Posted: July 23rd, 2008, 1:46pm CEST
The traditional division of labor between the database (which only stores and manages SQL and XML data for fast, easy data search and retrieval) and the application server (which runs application or business logic, and presentation logic) is obsolete. Although the books primary focus is on programming the Oracle Database, the concepts and techniques provided apply to most RDBMS that support Java including Oracle, DB2, Sybase, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. This is the first book to cover new Java, JDBC, SQLJ, JPublisher and Web Services features in Oracle Database 10g Release 2 (the coverage starts with Oracle 9i Release 2). This book is a must-read for database developers audience (DBAs, database applications developers, data architects), Java developers (JDBC, SQLJ, J2EE, and OR Mapping frameworks), and to the emerging Web Services assemblers.
Key Features:
Describes pragmatic solutions, advanced database applications, as well as provision of a wealth of code samples
Addresses programming models which run within the database as well as programming models which run in middle-tier or client-tier against the database.
Discusses languages for stored procedures: when to use proprietary languages such as PL/SQL and when to use standard languages such as Java; also running non-Java scripting languages in the database
Describes the Java runtime in the Oracle database 10g (i.e., OracleJVM), its architecture, memory management, security management, threading, Java execution, the Native Compiler (i.e., NCOMP), how to make Java known to SQL and PL/SQL, data types mapping, how to call-out to external Web components, EJB components, ERP frameworks, and external databases.
Describes JDBC programming and the new Oracle JDBC 10g features, its advanced connection services (pooling, failover, load-balancing, and the fast database event notification mechanism) for clustered databases (RAC) in Grid environments.
Describes SQLJ programming and the latest Oracle SQLJ 10g features , contrasting it with JDBC
Describes the latest Database Web services features, Web services concepts and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) for DBA, the database as Web services provider and the database as Web services consumer.
Abridged coverage of JPublisher 10g, a versatile complement to JDBC, SQLJ and Database Web Services.
Kuassi Mensah (kuassi360.blogspot.com) is Group Product Manager within the Java and Web services products group, part of Oracles server technologies.. He joined Oracle France in 1989 where he sets up the Center of Expertise specializing in systems architecture, performance as well as massively parallel systems. In 1999, he moved to Oracle headquarters . Mr Mensah holds a MS in Computer Sciences and Post graduate degree from the Programming Institute of University of Paris VI. He lives with his wife and two sons in San Francisco.
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Group Product Manager, Java Products Group -- Oracle Corporation (U.S.A.).
The author handles product management for Java, JDBC, and Database Web Services for the Oracle Database; as a result this book offers insider details and tips.
ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook is the first foray into the Microsoft market within the Sams Developer?s Cookbook series. It's a perfect fit for developers that are up-to-speed with ASP.NET, in general, and want a task reference to utilize while developing their Web applications. Each chapter will consist of a brief introduction to the topic at hand, followed by 5 to 25 recipes, task-oriented examples of how to do common and not so common tasks using ASP.NET. The book will use VB.NET exclusively but will include both VB and C# examples on the supporting Web site (in both working and downloadable forms). Each recipe will consist of a brief descriptive name, a longer but brief description of the task, techniques to use, and finally concluded with a comments section where the technique is discussed.
Up-to-speed with ASP.NET? This book gives you a topic and the 5 to 24 "recipes" you need to get the common or not-so-common task done using ASP.NET. ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook will use VB.NET exclusively but will include both VB and C# examples on the supporting Web site (in both working and downloadable forms). Each recipe has what you need a brief descriptive name, followed by a description of the task, followed by the technique itself, and finally a "comments" section where the technique is discussed.
About the Author
Steven A. Smith, Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, is president and owner of ASPAlliance.com, LLC, the #1 ASP.NET developer community, which provides articles, forums, listservs, and sample code for ASP and ASP.NET developers. He is also the owner and head instructor for ASPSmith Ltd, a .NET-focused training company. Steve speaks at several conferences each year and has written articles for MSDN and AspNetPRO magazines in addition to his first book, ASP.NET By Example. Steve has a Master's degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science Engineering. When he isn't working, Steve enjoys swimming, biking, and computer games. Steve lives in Ohio with his wife Michelle and daughter Ilyana.
Rob Howard is a Program Manager on the Microsoft ASP.NET team. He is on the core infrastructure team and is responsible for features such as caching and session state. Rob is also the author of several books, including: ASP.NET Developer's Cookbook, SAMS; ASP.NET Professional 1.0, Wrox Press; and the upcoming Microsoft ASP.NET Coding Strategies with the Microsoft ASP.NET Team, Microsoft Press. Rob is also a frequent presenter at developer conferences such as: Microsoft TechED, Microsoft PDC, and ASP.NET Connections.
Welcome to a book about learning to program.
Before we go any further, you need to be absolutely clear about what it is that you are holding in your hand. This is possibly a book with the name of a programming language in the title that is unlike any book with the name of a programming language in the title that you have encountered before. And I expect that you have encountered many.
A big claim, that. But this is not a book about C++. This is not a book that seeks to explain all the minute details of the C++ language. This book contains no UML and none of whatever the flavour of the month is at the moment in systems development. This is not a book that an experienced programmer, working in industry, would use as a reference as they worked on some commercial project. There are lots of books like that, and lots of books written for experienced programmers, and this is not one of them.
This book came about like this. I’ve been to a few conferences on teaching computing, and I’ve given a few presentations describing some of my ideas on what’s wrong and right with the way we teach programming. I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s rathermore that’s wrong than right. A publisher ’s rep came up to me at one of these happy events and started to pester me to write my own C++ book. I declined, since there were already far too many C++ books about and I saw no need to add to this needlessly large pile of paper.
The problem that then emerged was that this was a persistent publisher ’s rep. I kept finding that she kept popping up in my office. I will admit to having been bought a beer, but despite advice from other authors, I always seemed to miss the free lunch. Eventually, during ITiCSE 2001 at Canterbury, I cracked and agreed to write something. But only on my terms. I was not going to write another totally unnecessary book about C++.
That is why this is a book about learning to program. Specifically, this is a book that is intended to support a student following an introductory programming course in further or higher education. There is sufficient C++ in this book to be included in such a course; there are also some pointers in the final chapter that would be of interest in the more ambitious courses1. My hope is that after reading this book, and after following your course, a student would be able to write some reasonably complex C++ programs and make sensible use of one of the many other C++ books that are available.
Now let me explain why this book is like this. I have taught programming for many years in what is probably one of the most respected university computing departments in the UK. Every year I have some successes, and every year there are failures. I see students struggle with this topic; they are struggling with something that lies at the very heart of our discipline. I often see students suffer as they attempt to come to terms with programming; often I have seen them drop out of their degree simply to avoid more programming.
As dot.com companies grapple with rigid market conditions and we keep hearing how the big technology players are being punished on Wall Street, it becomes easy to think of the Internet as a fad. The Internet frenzy may have subsided, but interest in the Internet as a business and marketing tool is still strong. It will continue to impact organizations and create opportunities. Sooner or later every organization will use the Internet for some facet, large or small, of its business. Architecture for e-Business Systems: Building the Foundation for Tomorrow's Success provides complete coverage of best practices and architecture applications. The book gives hands-on details to the IT manager faced with the daunting task of transitioning 40 years worth of computing detritus supporting a brick-and-mortar operation into an online business - melding the walk-in customer with the surf-in customer. It highlights strategy and planning, e-enabled business solutions, wireless and mobile business solutions, project development approaches, e-enabled architecture and design, toolkits, testing, performance, and security. The Internet will continue to impact individuals and organizations. Companies looking to grow their business through the Internet will find numerous new opportunities. With its focus on strategic and tactical knowledge Architecture for e-Business Systems: Building the Foundation for Tomorrow's Success shows you how to successfully build and deploy Internet applications that stand up to the rigors of today's demanding business environment.
Provides hands-on details to the IT manager faced with the daunting task of transitioning 40 years worth of computing detritus supporting a brick and mortar operation into an online business--melding the walk-in customer with the surf-in customer.
Provides a fully road tested integrated introduction to object-oriented design and implementation issues using UML and Java
Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose programming language for specifying and visualizing complex software, especially large, object-oriented projects. Object-oriented programming is when a programmer defines not only the data type of a data structure, but also the types of operations/functions that can be applied to the data structure. Java is a general purpose programming language with a number of features that make the language well suited for use on the World Wide Web. Fully road tested from the authors own courses, Object-Oriented Design with UML and Java shows how considering the modeling and programming languages together from the start can be beneficial, shifting the emphasis away from detailed programming issues, and instead allowing the focus to fall on the analysis of the meaning and accuracy of the model. No prior knowledge of object orientation is assumed, though some knowledge of Java or other high level programming language is required.
* Integrates design and implementation, using Java and UML
* Includes case studies, exercises and a free software tool for hands on learning
* Bridges the gap between programming texts and high level analysis books on design
Written to address technical concerns that mobile developers face regardless of platform, this book explores the differences between mobile and stationary applications and the architectural and software development concepts needed to build mobile applications. Using UML, Reza B'far guides the developer through the development process, from design to implementation. He focuses on general concepts, while using platforms as examples or as possible tools. After introducing UML, XML, and derivative tools necessary for developing mobile software applications, B'far shows how to build user interfaces for mobile applications. He covers location sensitivity, wireless connectivity, mobile agents, data synchronization, security, and push-based technologies, finally homes in on the practical issues of mobile application development including the development cycle for mobile applications, testing mobile applications, architectural concerns, and a case study.
About the Author
Reza B'far is an executive consultant currently serving as the CTO of Voice Genesis and Acting CTO of Semantic Messaging Systems Inc. His company, Cienecs Inc., has had a variety of engagements in the mobile arena with startups as well as Fortune 500 companies. Early in his career, he has worked for Weyerhaueser Company, Parr & Associates Inc., and National Oceanic research department of NASA. He has spent the past ten years working for Noor Electrical Engineering, Virtual Mortgage Network, AdForce Inc., eBuilt Inc., and DataTrace Corporation. He is currently an independent contractor working with a variety of companies Asian architect and/or CTO, including some in the mobile arena.
XML for ASP.NET Developers first gives a solid foundation in the basics of MSXML including XML Syntax, XML Schemas, Xpath, Xlink, Xpointer, and other concepts necessary to leverage the power of XML. After the building blocks of XML are thoroughly covered, Dan guides readers through manipulating XML documents using the Document Object Model (DOM) and XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) both on the client and the server. Detailed examples combined with easy to follow tutorials will have readers transforming XML documents into professional looking applications quickly and easily. Providing a single source for information on a variety of XML related technologies makes XML for ASP.NET Developers a necessary edition to any developer's library and sets it apart from any book available today.
About the Author
Dan Wahlin is an independent consultant for Wahlin Consulting and also founded the XML for ASP.NET website (http://www.XMLforASP.NET) which focuses on using XML and Web Services in MicrosoftÕs .NET platform. He also works as a corporate trainer for Global Knowledge. Previously, Dan worked as an enterprise Web site manager, director of Internet/wireless development, and as senior consultant for a global systems integrator. Dan enjoys writing technical articles on XML-related topics for Visual Studio Magazine, ASPToday.com, and is a regular columnist in XML Magazine. Dan co-authored Professional Windows DNA (WROX Press) and ASP.NET Tips and Tricks (Sams).
