LightSpeed 2.0 - now targetting Visual Studio 2008 and LINQ!

LightSpeed 2.0 - now targetting Visual Studio 2008 and LINQ! 06 Jun 2008 11:45

Earlier in the week we pushed out the final release of LightSpeed 2.0 , our domain modeling and OR/M framework.

The big changes in 2.0 are our support for .NET 3.5 and LINQ and an integrated design surface for Visual Studio 2008 which allows you to model your entities through Visual Studio.

LINQ is certainly the most exciting piece in .NET 3.5 for most developers, and many of you are already looking at using it on future projects. Based on your feedback, the first main feature we put in to 2.0 was to take extend our existing query framework to allow you to access it through native LINQ queries.

Secondly, Visual Studio 2008 is being adopted very quickly by the community. One of the things I noticed on the RoadTrip earlier in the year and again during our user groups here in Wellington was how vocal everyone is about either having switched to 2008 or looking to make the switch soon. Not just for 3.5 but because of the multi-targetting support allowing you to continue developing your .NET 2.0 projects while taking advantage of all the new features.

One of the great things about Visual Studio has been the visual design surfaces, particularly since 2005 when we got the new modeling capabilities introduce with Team System. The second main feature we introduced with LightSpeed 2.0 was a modeling surface for LightSpeed including schema round-tripping to allow you to design model first (as you are looking to) or to import your schema quickly from an existing database.

An example of the Design Surface in action

Andrew put up a nice detailed post of all the new features on the Mindscape Blog, and the best way to get started with LightSpeed is to download the trial version, bust open one of the samples and start coding :)

We look forward to hearing your feedback!

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