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Performance Anti-Patterns in Database-Driven Applications

Community
Architecture
Topics
Data Access,
Performance & Scalability

In this article, Alois Reitbauer, a Performance Architect for dynaTrace Software, specifies several architectural anti-patterns which can downgrade an application’s performance. Knowing those anti-patterns and proactively designing the application to avoid them will keep away certain snags that can impact application’s performance.

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Entity Framework CTP for VS 2010

Community
.NET
Topics
Data Access

Not everything planned for Visual Studio 2010 made it in beta 1. This includes some important features for ORM fans. Entity Framework CTP 1 includes support for Self Tracking Entities, POCO Templates, and support for EDMX-free coding.

LINQ to SQL Changes in .NET 4.0

Community
.NET
Topics
Data Access

Damien Guard of Microsoft’s Data Programmability has posted a rather long list of the changes to LINQ to SQL. While they are still committed to Entity Framework over the long run, this will do much to alleviate the fear LINQ to SQL will be completely neglected in the mean time.

Fluent NHibernate Has a Wiki

Community
.NET
Topics
Data Access

Fluent NHibernate is an alternative to using XML mappings in NHibernate. Fluent NHibernate is using a fluent interface allowing you to define mappings in code instead of XML. Some people in the community have complained about the lack of documentation for Fluent NHibernate and as a response James Gregory recently announced the official Wiki for Fluent NHibernate.

Articles about ORM

Ruby's Roots: Smalltalk Comeback and Randal Schwartz on Smalltalk

Community
Ruby
Topics
Language Design,
Scripting,
Language,
Runtimes,
Syntax,
Dynamic Languages,
Programming

Smalltalk, a language that has had a big influence on Ruby, is making a comeback. We take a look at the current situation and talk to Randal L. Schwartz about Smalltalk.

Java Object Persistence: State of the Union

Community
Java
Topics
Data Access

In this virtual panel, the editors of InfoQ.com (Floyd Marinescu) and ODBMS.org (Roberto V. Zicari) asked a group of leading persistence solution architects their views on the current state of the union in persistence in the Java community.

Presentations about ORM

Painless Persistence with Castle ActiveRecord

Community
.NET
Topics
Data Access,
Database Design

This presentation by Hamilton Verissimo and Oren Eini show Castle Active Record - an ORM solution for .NET building on NHibernate. After an introduction, the presentation dives into various advanced topics and techniques for working with Castle Active Record.

Interviews about ORM

Jimmy Nilsson on LINQ to SQL

Community
.NET
Topics
Programming

In this interview, Jimmy focuses on LINQ to SQL and ORM. Jimmy has tried to create a similar technology to LINQ to SQL in the past, but without similar results. While LINQ to SQL is a step in the right direction, .NET still lags behind other programming languages in object-relational mapping capabilities.

Patrick Linskey discusses OpenJPA and the JPA specification

Community
Java
Topics
Data Access,
JCP Standards

At The Spring Experience conference, InfoQ caught up with Patrick Linskey of BEA to discuss the current status of the Apache OpenJPA project. Linskey explains where OpenJPA came from, how it fits into the Object\Relational Mapping space, the differentiating features that OpenJPA provides, the JPA specification, and future plans for OpenJPA.