My July 2008 Data Points column [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc700340.aspx] was just released on the MSDN Magazine web site. This month I demonstrate how to use the Entity Framework in a multi-tiered architecture passing entities through the layers via WCF. The code sample [http://downl

It’s really semantics, but the title of my book has been changed slightly to now be called “Data Services with Silverlight 2”. Titles are not super important to me, but it became clear to me as the book was flowing out in Word and OneNote that the many of the topics were tending to be focused on d

I set out to write a book on data access, services, and Silverlight 2 [https://www.johnpapa.net/all/as-it-once-was-i-am-writing-a-book/] and stick to those topics faithfully. I have a sticky note on my desk that shows the main topics and the word “thin” as a reminder to myself to stick to the point

I’ll be flying to New York City in September to present 2 sessions at VSLive NY [http://vslive.com/2008/newyork/default.aspx] at the Marriott at Brooklyn Bridge from Sep 7-10. They’ll be some great sessions there from some great presenters. Registrations are open now [https://center.uoregon.edu/co

Just a quick code hit I’ve been meaning to blog about … I’ve seen a lot of examples that implement the  PropertyChanged event handler of the INotifyPropertyChanged interface. Most of them are demonstrating how to deal with data binding (including my examples) and most of them simply repeat the c