The EntitySpaces team welcomes you to the EntitySpaces project. The EntitySpaces architecture is maturing nicely. We hope that your experience with our latest beta is going well and we apologize for the weak documentation. We are working on providing NDoc help for our next release as well as more content. The EntitySpaces code has changed a lot under the hood in comparison to our earlier beta, and it has improved greatly. Our Data Binding support really improved and we now support both transaction models offered by the 2.0 .NET Framework. We have developed NUnit tests and are tracking what percentage of code coverage we have obtained.

We have also created our first DotNetNuke module using EntitySpaces and are quite pleased with how easy it was and how well it works. The GuestBook DotNetNuke module is available on our main menu. One of our goals is to provide a better data access strategy for the DotNetNuke community. We believe this will help the DotNetNuke community by opening up module development with a very simple and easy to use programming model. The EntitySpaces architecture provides transaction support, dynamic query support, and other features that are lacking in the DotNetNuke programming model. In fact, in our first beta, the EntitySpaces demo ran against three different databases, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access, and VistaDB. The demo switched between the three different databases at runtime via a drop down combobox showing the true ease of the provider independent nature of EntitySpaces. Finally, within a week or so we will most likely be using trac as our bug tracking system which will greatly help us improve the architecture and serve your needs. 

Over the next two weeks we will work hard to publish a pricing model. Our plan is to go with a yearly subscription model with varying levels of support and with and without source pricing. We will be revising our roadmap soon to incorporate when features like remoting and hierarchical support will be added as well as when other data providers will be brought online.
 
Welcome aboard. Our aim is to provide the best .NET architecture in the market with the richest feature set for its price and size.

The EntitySpaces team

On January 18, 2006 a filing was made for the formation of "EntitySpaces, LLC", a limited liability company. EntitySpaces, LLC is working hard to put together a commercial offering for the EntitySpaces^TM .NET architecture. The first release of the EntitySpaces architecture is set to support Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle. The EntitySpaces .NET architecture will be able to operate as an independent data provider for the popular DotNetNuke^® Open Source Framework (operating outside of the current DotNetNuke DAL API).

Mike Griffin is the originating architect of the EntitySpaces .NET architecture and President of EntitySpaces, LLC. Mike is also co-author of the popular MyGeneration Code Generator / OR Mapping tool and the creator of the widely used dOOdads .NET architecture which is currently supported on eight DBMS systems. Joining Mike in forming EntitySpaces, LLC are Scott Schecter and David Parsons. Mike can be reached at mike.griffin@entityspaces.net

Scott Schecter brings a wealth of DotNetNuke experience to EntitySpaces, LLC. Scott is President of Schecter Technology Solutions and also a Programmer/Analyst for the Lycoming County Government in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Scott authored the MyGeneration Template Statistics module for DotNetNuke and is an experienced dOOdads user himself. Scott has designed DotNetNuke modules that use the dOOdads .NET architecture as the DAL for DotNetNuke and has delivered many successful projects using the dOOdads in both his own practice and for the County of Lycoming. Scott is also the author of NukeSyndicate, a rich media casting module for DotNetNuke. Scott can be reached at scott.schecter@entityspaces.net

David Parsons answered the challenge to create aggregate support for the dOOdads .NET architecture which was a great addition to dOOdads. David was also crucial in organizing an NUnit test suite to help test the rich dOOdads API on eight database systems in two native languages, C# and VB.NET. David has just recently created a very powerful plug-in for MyGeneration known as DnpUtils. The DnpUtils plug-in for MyGeneration has very powerful hierarchical API's for detecting relationships and other very useful features. David also maintains a number of MyGeneration Template Archives. David can be reached at david.parsons@entityspaces.net

EntitySpaces, LLC personnel have a diverse background that will be used to deliver the EntitySpaces .NET architecture and related services. EntitySpaces, LLC is made up of folks that know what it takes to not only create, write, and test an architecture but are also consumers themselves. EntitySpaces will continue the stellar support many are familiar with in conjunction with MyGeneration and the dOOdads .NET architecture.

On January 23, 2006 EntitySpaces, LLC officially became a legal entity.