Monthly Archives: September 2014

DDD Fundamentals Course is Making a Difference

DDD

Steve Smith and I are so happy to be getting this kind of feedback about our Domain-Driven Fundamentals course on Pluralsight. We wanted to give developers help understanding the basics so that they can dig in to more indepth resources like Eric Evans’ or Vaughn Vernon’s books.

Here are some recent tweets we’ve seen.

Ryan Moseley @bahamaboy85

Completed the DDD Fundamentals course from @pluralsight by @ardalis @julielerman http://pluralsight.com/courses/domain-driven-design-fundamentals …. This course makes DDD accessible.

It is tough to find DDD examples that don’t assume some level of knowledge. So this course is welcomed.

Tom Davis @photomoose · Sep 9

@julielerman Just watched your DDD course on @pluralsight. Probably the best intro to DDD I’ve seen; things make sense now!

Paul Hale @paulhale · Aug 29

@pluralsight @ardalis @julielerman cracking #DDD course + @ericevans0 book set me on right track. Ironically Im building a domain reg system

Félix-A. Bourbonnais @fbourbonnais · Aug 11

Good #DDDDesign course by @julielerman @ardalis. Key concepts of DDD are well explained. I recommend http://owl.li/AcX4q

Geoff Mazeroff @geoffmazeroff · Jul 30

My work project uses DDD, so I enjoyed hearing @ardalis and @julielerman present the fundamentals on their @Pluralsight course. Nice work!

Mike Sussman @mikesussman · Jul 25

Finished @pluralsight DDD Fundamentals course by @julielerman and @ardalis, makes a lot more sense now.

What About EDMX When EF7 Arrives?

Data Access, ,

I’m getting a lot of folks asking me about the announcement that EF7 will focus on code first and there will be no support in EF7 for designer based EF models.

I’ll give my two cents, even though I do think the EF team has been pretty clear about this in both their blog post about EF7 plans 

EF7 – New Platforms, New Data Stores

and in Rowan Miller’s TechEd talk where he devoted the last 20 minutes to early look at early bits and early thoughts about EF7

Entity Framework: Building Applications with Entity Framework 6

Here’s the scoop: EF6 and the designer will continue to be available and worked on but the big effort will go into EF7 going forward. Personally, I can’t promise it will be around 10 years from now so please don’t bang down my door in 2024.

I’ve also been asked: “should I bother learning about the EDMX since it will not be in EF7?” I firmly believe that learning a bit about modeling via the designer helps get some of the concepts across for if/when you do code first modeling.

Also don’t forget about some of the 3rd party tools that provide designer support such as LLBLGenPro, Huagati Tools,  and DevArt’s Entity Developer. I’m guessing they will be moving their tools forward, though I haven’t looked into it yet.