It's fun when an API is so awesome that it just makes you smile uncontrollably. That's how I felt after using Linq To Excel! http://code.google.com/p/linqtoexcel/ I dreaded the thought of coding against Excel and decided to search around for the best approach. StackOverflow served up a couple options, including LINQ to Excel. Now I like... Continue Reading →
My CodeMash 2011 Recap
CodeMash 2011 was great!! I really enjoyed the talks, the venue, the food, and the chance to meet up with friends. So, in an effort to remember everything, I'm recapping things on my blog. This is not exhaustive, nor is it all that polished. It's kind of a high level summary with links to resources... Continue Reading →
WPF & Entity Framework 4 – Tales from the Trenches
I recently presented "WPF & RF4 - Tales from the Trenches" at the Cleveland .NET SIG. This presentation reviews tips, tricks, and lessons learned from building real world apps with Windows Presentation Foundation 4.0 and Entity Framework 4.0. Whether you’re doing desktop, Silverlight, or web development, the EF T4 template tweaks, MVVM usage, Undo/Redo implementation,... Continue Reading →
.NET SIG: "Bag O’ Tricks – WPF and Entity Framework" (Oct 12th)
Just wanted to plug my upcoming presentation at the Cleveland .NET SIG…. Oct 12th at the Microsoft offices in Independence, OH. Topic will be "Bag O' Tricks: WPF and Entity Framework" I plan to share lessons, tips, and tricks from my experiences with WPF 4.0 and Entity Framework 4.0. Even if you aren't using WPF,... Continue Reading →
LinqKit and Dynamically building arbitrarily complex Linq Queries
In some cases, I need to be able to build a query that has a variable set of OR conditions. This is not simple with the default language constructs and extension methods. It’s simple to dynamically build an expression that includes AND parameters, because that is what the WHERE() extension method does. Not so easy for... Continue Reading →
