Generates source code for the Data Access & Business Layers of a typical .NET application. Outputs include Stored Procedures for the Data Layer, a data provider class for the Data Access Layer along with data transfer objects. For the Business Layer, a cache is available along with the Domain Model. A Business Services layer exposes functionality to the Service Publication (WCF and Web Services) and UI Layers (ASP.NET). Searching & Paging included.
# Code for entity relationships are generated
# Zero-code query builder
# Table and column name mapping
# Specialized code for Static Reference Tables
# Configurable data caching with auto refresh
# Scalable data paging (Data Source Paging)
# Relationship denormalization code is generated for the Business Layer
# Stored Procedures, OOP classes and collections (generic List of T) are generated
# No ad-hoc or parameterized queries (only Stored Procedures) equals greater DB access security
# Automatic code comments
# The Complete data manipulation stack (i.e. Stored Procedures, Data Entity Classes, Data Access Provider, Caching, and Business Domain Model Classes) is generated
# The generated search API and pages include 'FullText' features
# WCF Services (.svc) and Web Services (.asmx) are generated to expose the Business Services Layer.
The primary goal of release 3.2 is to support VS 2010.
Other changes include:
* Updates to the generated ASP.NET UI.
o a) We change the paging parameters from Int64 to Int32. The change was made to deal with a long standing issue we had with the ASP.NET ObjectDataSource.
o b) The generated ASP.NET FormView now uses datasource paging.
o c) Appropriate values in the generated ASP.NET FormView now have links back to the relevant pages.
o d) All links in the generated FormView controls now link to FormView pages – this makes navigating the generated pages easier.
