On the Way to Mastering ASP.NET: Introducing Custom Entity Classes
Lo and behold an article on MSDN that very nicely verbalizes the stuff I’ve been grunting on about in my own way fro almost 3 years now. Way to go MSDN!
“…..The days of ADODB.RecordSet and the oft-forgotten MoveNext are gone, replaced by the powerful and flexible capabilities of Microsoft ADO.NET. Our new arsenal is the System.Data namespace, featuring lightning-fast DataReaders, feature-rich DataSets, and packaged in a capable object-oriented model. It’s no surprise that we have such tools at our disposal. Any 3-tier architecture relies on a solid Data Access Layer (DAL) to elegantly connect the data layer to the business layer. A quality DAL helps promote code reuse, is key to good performance, and is totally transparent.
As our tools have evolved, so too have our development patterns. Saying goodbye to MoveNext was more than ridding ourselves of cumbersome syntax; it opened our minds to disconnected data, which in turn had a profound impact on how we built applications. ..”
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