Microsoft looks to make data access easier for developers
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Focusing on development of data-centric applications, Microsoft released on Thursday Beta 3 of the ADO.Net Entity Framework and plans to release shortly a preview of ASP.Net 3.5 Extensions.
ADO.Net Entity Framework is designed to make it easier to build data-centric applications and services regardless of the underlying data source, Microsoft said.
"This provides a new modeling framework that enables developers to define a conceptual model of a database schema that closely aligns to a real world view of the information," said Microsoft's Scott Guthrie, a general manager within the company's Developer Division, in his blog.