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ObjectDataSource in Depth (Part 1) : Manuel Abadia

Tuesday, July 29 2008

Since the beginning of the .Net Framework, it was tempting to use the DataSet for a lot of tasks because it is very integrated within the framework and it’s very versatile. However, as the projects become bigger and the domain’s complexity increases, working with DataSets becomes more problematic. In order to handle more complex scenarios we need to have a solid model based on objects rather than working with low level data as rows and columns. However, it was difficult to integrate our own domain objects into the presentation layer and nearly impossible to obtain an integration level like the DataSet. With the new data binding infrastructure introduced in ASP.NET 2.0 this is easier. I won’t go into detail about the benefits of using your own domain objects for developing n-tier applications. An excellent source for this is Martin Fowler’s book. ObjectDataSource lets us integrate our own objects in the data binding framework without much work. In order to do so, you have to understand the data binding infrastructure (see my previous posts if you need more info about it) and what ObjectDataSource does for you....

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ObjectDataSource in Depth (Part 1) : Manuel Abadia
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