Transactions and Connections in Entity Framework 4.0 29 June 2010 Diederik-Krols Entity Framework 4.0, SQL Server This article describes where, why, and how to use TransactionScope in the Entity Framework 4.0. The proposed best practices apply to a medium to large data access layer, e.g. a DAL that is implemented as one or more WCF services with lots of internal calls. Allow me to start with the conclusions: ... [More]
How to implement INotifyPropertyChanged without strings 14 June 2010 Peter-Himschoot .NET Development INotifyPropertyChanged is an interface which is very important to do proper databinding and is heavily used in the MVVM pattern. However, to implement it you have to raise the PropertyChanged event whenever a data-bound property changes value, and you have to pass the name of the property to it. Th... [More]
Farewell father 09 June 2010 Peter-Himschoot Today, at 18h30, my father-in-law Gaston Dhaese passed away after a 9 year battle against cancer. I’ve been told he didn’t suffer any pain, and I am glad he could die in piece with his loving family close by. Dear father, you have always been good and fair to me, my wife Isabelle and our children... [More]