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Converting from XmlDocument to XDocument has a number of benefits, including the ability to use LINQ to XML, use a much cleaner object model, get better name handling with XName and being able to use functional constructors. However, there are a lot of XmlDocuments out there, so what is the best way to convert a XmlDocument to an XDocument? This question came up in the forums a little while ago, and I thought it might be interesting to do some comparisons. I first came up with ... [ read more ]
My post a few months ago entitled “ DSLs: Definitely a bad idea! ” certainly seemed to touch a nerve for some people. What was intended to be a sort of lighthearted throwaway entry engendered a lot stronger reactions than I’d expected. So I thought it might be worthwhile to back up for a second and revisit the issue, address some (though not all) of the comments, and talk about how they connect to how I see M. To start with, yes, of course, I was engaging in a bit of hyperbole by saying that ... [ read more ]
A few months ago, Diane Wilson reported her performance findings when comparing EF to LINQ to SQL to DataReaders. Something looked wrong to me because her numbers were vastly different than what I had been seeing in the many perf tests that I did. We talked a bit and I pointed her to the critical perf blog posts that Brian Dawson wrote on the ADO.NET Team blog last year. These posts explain where the performance costs are with queries and how you can improve on them. 1. Exploring the P ... [ read more ]


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