John Papa will be speaking about the Entity Framework at the Space Coast .Net User Group Feb 20,2008 meeting.

The ADO.NET Entity Framework, part of ADO.NET components of the .NET Framework, is an Object-Relational mapping technology from Microsoft. It is geared to solving the mismatch between the formats data is stored in a database and in which it is consumed in an object-oriented programming language or other front ends. ADO.NET Entity Framework will be released in the first half of 2008, separate from .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.

John Papa, Senior Consultant for ASPSoft, Inc., a Microsoft MVP [C#], MCSD.NET, and an author of several XML, ADO and SQL books will be speaking. John has over 10 years experience in architecting and developing Microsoft technologies as a consultant and a trainer. He is the author of the Data Points column in MSDN Magazine and can often be found speaking at user groups, MSDN Web Casts, and industry conferences such as VSLive.John Papa, Senior Consultant for ASPSoft, Inc., a Microsoft MVP [C#], MCSD.NET, and an author of several XML, ADO and SQL books will be speaking.

Please register if you plan to attend this event.

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 Be sure and check out John's Article on the Entity Frame in the MSDN magazine

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/08/02/DataPoints/default.aspx