GsocDbToolsDevelopmentNotes

Student: Philipp Maihart

Goals

• Abstract database metadata exploration API (testability, hosting scenarios) based on MyMeta
• Pre-build WPF UI controls (tree, checked-item tree)
• Addin that provides singleton for API, connection storage; hosts tree (as a pad)
• Addin hosts EDM designer (see Included Projects, as a view)

Non-Goals

• Support for .NET 3.5 SP1 or earlier project targets
• Database modification experience (table designer, et al)
• SQL statement design experience / code completion ("Query Editor")

Future Extensibility Ideas (Nice to have)

• LINQ to EF test workbench (think limited LINQpad)

Included Projects

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/mygeneration
• http://edmdesigner.codeplex.com/

Useful Links

• http://blogs.msdn.com/efdesign/
• http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/adonetefx/
• http://cfx.codeplex.com/

Interesting EF 4.0 / EDM Designer 4.0 Information

• http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/10-4/10-4-Episode-15-Model-First-Development-with-the-Entity-Framework-40/

Uncategorized

• http://www.iis.net/extensions/DatabaseManager
• http://www.dotnetprofessional.com/blog/page/Database-Explorer-API-Overview.aspx
• http://weblogs.asp.net/zeeshanhirani/archive/2008/12/05/my-christmas-present-to-the-entity-framework-community.aspx (EF Learning Guide)