For those of you interested in the ASPX Admin Suite you will be happy to know these templates are being converted over into our ES2009 code generation model. The templates and the GridLoaders will be included with the installation and included in our BETA 2 which should be the final beta before the official ES2009 release. We are already generating fully functional admin pages via our C# Admin Suite and after we fully unit test it and fix any bugs mentioned in our forums we will create the VB.NET version. We will also provide much better documentation regarding how to generate your Admin Suite and what all the features in this powerful template do. The image below shows the ES2009 ASPX Admin Suite running under ES2009. The demo can be found HERE and we will upgrade it to our ES2009 model once we complete the templates.

 

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net

We have created a very simple video that demonstrates how to build your first EntitySpaces 2009 application. This presentation really demonstrates how easy it is to create your application using EntitySpaces 2009 which is fully integrated into Visual Studio. This is the first in a series of videos that will demonstrate the power of EntitySpaces 2009.

Click on the image below to start the video. Give it a moment to load.

 

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net

We are pleased to make the EntitySpaces 2009 Beta available for public release. The EntitySpaces 2009 Trial version is fully integrated with Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. There is also a stand alone executable for those not using Visual Studio.

EntitySpaces 2009 Visual Studio Add-In features

• Settings Tab   - Connect to your database and customize your code generation settings.
• Projects Tab   - Record and playback code generation templates.
• Templates Tab  - Execute Templates.
• Metadata Tab   - Online database metadata and user defined metadata.
• Mappings Tab   - Database to property type mappings.
• What's New Tab - Keep you up-to-date with EntitySpaces News.

If you are looking at starting a new project in 2009 take a look at EntitySpaces 2009. It's a great architecture and we no longer rely on a third party code generator. To get started, simply install and switch to the "Settings" tab and connect to your database and click the "Save" icon and you're off and running. We will be publishing a series of video's on how to use ES2009 soon. Watch for these on our blog.

NOTE:
After installation you should see "EntitySpaces" on the Visual Studio "Tools" menu. If you do not see it go to your Programs -> "EntitySpaces 2009" menu you will find a "Manual Setup" PDF file which outlines a few simple steps performed within Visual Studio to manually add EntitySpaces to your Visual Studio Tools menu. It's really very easy. If you are using an international version of windows you will need to follow those steps.

Also, if you have the alpha or pre-beta installed:

1. Close all instances of Visual Studio
2. Uninstall the ES2009 Alpha or Pre-Beta
3. Delete your C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\EntitySpaces folder (will be a different folder on Vista)
4. Now install the ES2009 Beta and go to the "Settings" tab and reconnect to your database  (THEN PRESS THE SAVE ICON ON THE SETTINGS TAB)

        

 

EntitySpaces Features

• Mono Support
• Compact Framework Support
• Medium Trust Support
• Design Time Data Binding
• Hierarchical Data Models
• Powerful Dynamic Query API
• Binary and XML Serialization
• Data Provider Independence
• Two Different Transaction Models
• Saving via Stored Procedures or Dynamic SQL
• Generated from your Database Schema
• No XML mapping files. 
• LINQ Support for Collections
• Regenerate Without Losing Custom Business Logic
• Source Code Available

 

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net

For customers only. If you can please download the ES2009 Pre-Beta in our downloads area and give it a run through and report anything back to us in our forums.

IMPORTANT !!

* Close all instances of Visual Studio

* Uninstall the ES2009 Alpha

* Delete your C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\EntitySpaces folder (will be a different folder on Vista)

* Now install the ES2009 Pre-Beta and go to the "Settings" tab and reconnect to your database
   (THEN PRESS THE SAVE ICON ON THE SETTINGS TAB)

WHATS CHANGED

* The International install issue is NOT FIXED YET but should be by this weekend

* The "Projects" tab is implemented

* Microsoft Access should work just fine

* It should work on 64 bit machines

* The stand alone app shouldn't require Visual Studio to be installed

* The User Metadata is now saved

* Various UI issues tweaked

The reason we are releasing this pre-alpha is to get feedback from you before our official alpha release this weekend. The version number didn’t change, it's still versioned as the Alpha.

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net

We thought we would share with you what came out of this past Wednesday's EntitySpaces Team meeting which we hold every Wednesday. Our plan is to release the ES2009 Beta on December 22nd. The Beta will be available to customers as a true Developer Version and to the public as a Trial version which will be posted on our download page. In fact, we will encourage new users to go with the ES2009 Beta over the EntitySpaces 2008 Trial version.

The Beta should have full functionality including the Projects Tab which will allow you to record and playback templates (and it's very easy to use). We have fixed all of the issues reported in the Alpha and have made many more improvements.

There are two items that will not be in the Beta that will be delivered in the official ES2009 release. The first being the ASPX Admin Suite. However, once the Beta is released we are going to be giving our full attention to the ASPX Admin Suite and will porting the C# and VB versions over to ES2009 template system and fixing all of the known issues. We know the Admin Suite has fallen behind and is really in need of some attention. Secondly, the ES2009 Command Line utility will also be created which will allow you to generate your EntitySpaces Architecture from the command line. This utility will be able to execute individual templates as well as entire projects.

While we haven't committed to an official release date we have in mind the end of January 2009 as our goal but that is an aggressive date. Once we ship ES2009 we will be free of third party code generators and then turn our full focus to the EntitySpaces Architecture itself.

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

 

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net

We have re-skinned our main site and we hope that you like what you see. We will be adding more content and changing our menu structure in the near future as well, so more changes are coming. Over the next few months we will be bulking up the documentation on our developer site. This will allow us to turn our main site into a marketing site that will convey the strengths and advantages of EntitySpaces and of course still act as our storefront.

We at EntitySpaces, LLC would like to thank "Ann Chanyoursang" for designing our new DotNetNuke skin. Ann is a designer for AppTheory which is a development consultancy and a member of the Trend Core Group in Atlanta, GA. AppTheory has a unique perspective on DotNetNuke. With Core Team Developers on staff and a roster of top tier clients using DNN, AppTheory is considered one of the top DotNetNuke consultancies.

Thanks Ann, great Job !!

 
 

From Mobile Devices to large scale enterprise solutions in need of serious transaction support, EntitySpaces can meet your needs. Whether you’re writing an ASP.NET application with Medium Trust requirements, a Mono application, or a Windows.Forms application, the EntitySpaces architecture is there for you. EntitySpaces is provider independent, which means that you can run the same binary code against any of the supported databases. EntitySpaces is available in both C# and VB.NET. EntitySpaces uses no reflection, no XML files, and sports a tiny foot print of less than 200k. Pound for pound, EntitySpaces is one tough, dependable .NET architecture.

EntitySpaces LLC
Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET
http://www.entityspaces.net