Newsletter :: March 2011

• .NET 4 MVC 2.0 sample with db4o (C#): Dan Glyde contributes a nice blog post where he shares a C# .NET 4 MVC 2 shopping cart project that uses db4o. He uses LINQ for the queries and provides tips for beginners. Source code included.
• db4o driver for LINQPad: This driver by Roman Stoffel allows you to open db4o databases like any other database in LINQPad. You can query it without providing the original classes. Just open it and start writing LINQ queries against it.
• Objects in Space, “Herschel” the largest telescope ever flown relies on VOD: This is a very interesting project currently progressing at the European Space Agency (ESA). On May 14, 2009, the European Space Agency launched an Arianne 5 rocket carrying the largest telescope ever flown: the “Herschel” telescope, 3.5 meters in diameter. The satellite whose orbit is some 1.6 million kilometers from the Earth, will operate 48 months. One interesting aspect of this project is that they use Versant Object Database (VOD) to manage telemetry data and information on steering and calibrating scientific on-board instruments.

Versant - News from the Base Camp
from Versant "What's New" section

• Announcing the NEW Versant Website - Versant starts a fresh 2011 with a revamped corporate website. One of the main goals of this upgrade was to improve the user experience so we hope information is now more readily accessible with more opportunities for users to learn about Versant technologies. Check out the new look of Versant at www.versant.com and learn more about Big Data, Versant Products, industries and applications and about the companies that rely on Versant technology.

Kudos of the Month
from the db4o Kudos Blog

"Reopen, defragmenting and refactoring features in db4o. Very useful for apps in incubating stage. Especially for Android apps"
— Igor Trishin

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The db4objects team.

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