Video Tutorials

{s:VideoBig|SignumPhilosophyAndVision|Signum Philosophy and Vision|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbPhilosophy.png| '''Cartoon animation explaining the philosophy behind Signum Framework:''' {br} The historical context (ORMs and Linq) and what Signum Framework offers to the development of data-centric applications.{br} Finally, a very concrete example shows how Signum Framework simplifies the development and maintenance of an hypothetical application.}

{s:VideoBig|VideoTutorialInstallation|Video Tutorial -1: Installation|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbInstallation.png| '''Just a small guide through the the Installation Process:''' {br} We show how to download and install Signum Framework and where to find the required applications (just Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2005/8)  }

{s:VideoBig|VideoTutorialBasic|Video Tutorial 0: Basics|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbBasics.png| '''Basic tutorial to get comfortable with the ORM:''' {br} We use a Console Application to model a simple entity class, create the database and save and retrieve some entity objects. }

{s:VideoBig|VideoTutorialEntities|Video Tutorial 1: Writing the Entities|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbEntities.png| '''1st tutorial to develop a real application for a Shop:''' {br} We explain the typical architecture of a client-server system, and how to model the entities (adding db constraints and validations) the first and more important step when building an application using Signum Framework. }

{s:VideoBig|VideoTutorialServer|Video Tutorial 2: Writing the Server Code|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbServer.png| '''2st tutorial to develop a real application for a Shop:''' {br} We learn how to create the database, load legacy data, write the business logic, and set-up the web server that will be used by the client applications.  }

{s:VideoBig|VideoTutorialClient|Video Tutorial 3: Writing the Client Code|{UP}VideoTutorials%2fthumbClient.png| '''3rd and last tutorial to develop a real application for a Shop:''' {br} We learn how to create the UserControls for our entities, customize them, and write Linq queries on the server to feed the search window. }

	"Open framework that encourages convention over configuration, using C# code, not XML files, to model at the right level of abstraction and achieve deadlines. ...but also has a full Linq provider, and syncs the schema for you!"