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db4o 7.2 Development Release (Beta) is available for immediate download!
K U D O S
O F T H E M O N T H
"I like db4o because it has a very simple API, a small footprint but also allows dealing with complexity. It is as transparent as I imagined data storing should be ... There is no need to modify your domain classes at all."
-- Gerd Klevesaat (Author of Eclipse and NetBeans plugins for db4o)
A R T I C L E S
-- db4o now supports an optimized LINQ interface --
- db4o supports .NET 3.5 with a uniquely-optimized LINQ interfaces for its object
database.
- As a .NET standard-of-practice, the LINQ interface for db4o removes risk and
leaves net benefit for those using the innovative db4o product.
- For some background information about LINQ (“Language Integrated Queries”), see
msdn.microsoft.com
Read this story in our
db4o developer blog
-- dUC 2008/ICOODB fast approaching (Berlin, March 10-16) --
- The dUC is your chance to influence db4o product roadmap, learn about best
practices, and socialize with db4o core developers and peers from all over the
world.
- Learn about other developments in the world of Object Databases at ICOODB (first
international conference on Object Databases) held at the TFH Berlin.
Read this story in our
db4o community blog.
-- Focus on Performance --
- PolePosition benchmarking integrated into our continuous build – 1000x
improvement on one use case.
- Our new Type Handler interface allows users to easily optimize storage and
retrieval performance for any data types. (read more about type handlers in our
db4o developer blog.)
Read about the recent performance improvements in the
db4o developer blog.
-- Flexible rollback strategy to go with our Transparent Persistence --
- User ability to define rollback strategy nicely rounds up our exciting
Transparent Persistence feature arrival of last month
-
Get more hints on using Transparent Persistence.
Read the
developer comments about transparent persistence, or
-- Announcing CodeCommander Program for strategic community projects --
- db4o rewards project contributions by community members with access to core team
and development infrastructure and more...
- Current featured projects are
ObjectManager and
Mono support
More information about the CodeCommander program can be found in the
db4o community resources section.
-- db4o training event (Munich, July 2-3) --
- Training course by db4o creator Carl Rosenberger (in German) sponsored by
Ralf Westphal and
Zoschke.
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Training will be .NET-centric, covering topics such as db4o based application
development, transparent persistence, queries with LINQ, speed optimization and
more...
For more information, visit the
course information page.
-- Carl Rosenberger on db4o (interview by Ralf Westphal) --
- Including topics such as the db gorillas, applicability depending on use cases,
LINQ, C++ vs Java/C# object databases, O/R mapping and more...
Read the full interview in the
db4o community blog.
L O O K I N G I N T O T H E M I R R O R
Select press coverage about db4o since the last newsletter:
"db4o in the Mirror of JPA/EJB and Hibernate"
.NET Developer's Journal, Feb 13, 2008
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With best regards
The db4objects team.
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