A Blog About Random Computer Subjects
Summary Caching is a very large subject and I’m only going to dive into a small concept that uses Redis, an abstract caching class, and a dummy caching class for unit testing and show how to put it all together for a simple but powerful caching system. Caching Basics The type of caching I’m talking … Read moreData Caching with Redis and C#
Hiking One of the ways I pass the time is by hiking. Of course, I’m also a data junkie, so I like to blog about my hiking experience (hiking.frankdecaire.com) and I like to track information about the hike. My wife invested in a data watch made by Garmin (the Forerunner 15). It has a little … Read moreGPX (GPS Exchange Format) Files
Summary In an earlier post I showed how to create a method that can access a stored procedure using Entity Framework Code-First. In this post I’m going to show how to pass parameters and show a few tricks. The Stored Procedure First, you’ll need to create a new stored procedure in your APIUniversity database (see … Read moreEF Code-First Stored Procedures With Parameters
Summary In this post I’m going to show the very basics of calling a stored procedure from Entity Framework using the Code-First technique. The Database Setup First, I’m going to create a database named “APIUniversity”. If you’ve tried out the API projects from my previous posts, you probably already have this database in place and … Read moreEF Code-First Stored Procedures
Summary In this blog post I’m going to explain the basics of Entity Framework code-first. I’ll show how to setup your context so that a database is not generated. Code-First / Code-Only If your database is already in place, then the most obvious method of using EF is to use Database First. This is where … Read moreEntity Framework Code-First and Code Only