The document discusses .NET development options for SQL Server developers. It provides an overview of .NET and C# capabilities and tools. It then tells the story of a SQL Server developer exploring .NET solutions to expand his abilities. These include using Entity Framework, ASP.NET MVC, and accessing SQL Server via libraries. The document encourages SQL developers to look beyond just SQL to leverage the full capabilities of .NET.

1. .NET Development
for SQL Server Developer
Marco Parenzan
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Servizi CGN
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2. Sponsor & Media Partners
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3. Organizers
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4. About me
 Formazione & Innovazione con Servizi CGN
 Formazione & Divulgazione con 1nn0va
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@marco_parenzan
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 (Tentative of) Cloud Developer
 Developer e Architect…in .NET?
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5. Agenda
 .NET state of the art
 A story from a SQL Server Developer
 Create a DB in a Developer way
 Two other stories
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6. .NET State of the Art
 Mature environment
 2002+
 8 versions
 Consistent
 (Server side) pervasive
environment
 Devices, Web
(HTML5/CSS3/Javascript) are
here to stay
 Possibility of a scale-out model
 Data services
 ASP.NET .NET/WCF
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7. C# State of the Art
 Mature and powerful and expressive
language
 Declarative approach is in general correct
 But it’s not (always) confortable
 Imperative language
 Tell how to do it…
 …not just what you want...
 …sometimes is faster…
 Many functional/SQL goodies
 LINQ
 Many scalability goodies
 Parallelism
 Async
 Start talking about «cost of manteinance»
 Not performances
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8. .NET: where we are
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.NET 4.5.1
C# 5.0
Visual Studio 2013
ASP.NET (MVC) 5.0: one ASP.NET
Entity Framework 6.0
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9. Many good «forgotten» tools
 Powershell 3.0
 SQL Server Data Tools
 Windows Azure
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10. Many good «third party» tools
 ASPOSE.Total 8.5
 NoSQL
 Raven DB
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11. A STORY FROM A SQLSERVER
DEVELOPER
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12. The story is about a CRM
 Among many others
 Just change CRM with *  (it’s the same)
 The story is about a boy…
 …that is SQL-based (a BI guy!)
 …that tries to solve all things with SQL
 Sometimes (I think) he does things
«complicated»
 could be «declarative vs. imperative»
programming
 But this is another story
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13. Create a DB in a Developer way
 Remembering #sqlsat176
 http://www.slideshare.net/marco.parenzan/sql-server-datatools-15242283
 As a project inside Visual Studio
 SQL Server Data Tools
 A «restart» for Database Project…
 Model based
 Differential Updates
 All aspects for SQL Server Database developments
 Not administration
 Just Model
 Also SQL CLR
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14. A story from a SQLServer Developer: needs
I need to
do it «@
home» 
I need to
import
data
I need to
admin
data
I need to
handle
data
I need to
share the
data
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I need to
edit data
The only thing I can’t do (?)
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15. A story from a SQLServer Developer: SQL solutions
@home
Import
Data/ETL
Management
Studio + SQL
Stored
Procedures
Export
Data/ETL
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Access???
No way!
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16. A story from a SQLServer Developer: solutions
Consume
.NET inside
SQL Server
SQL Server
Access by
System.Data
+ Libraries
Consume
Data and SQL
Server via
Powershell
+ Libraries
SQL Server by
Entity
Framework 6.0
Expose Data
as Data
Services
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Web Apps with
ASP.NET
MVC 5.0
The only thing I can’t do (?)
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17. SQL Server Access by System.Data
 Connected Way
 The faster way
 Magic strings
 Write SQL!
 Tables/Views/Stored Procedures
 From the beginning (2002)…
 …here to stay!
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18. SQL Server Access from other data
 Excel Workbooks, Xml, Json
 Just Import Data?
 Libraries libraries libraries
 For exampleASPOSE.Cells
 Complete implementation of a Excel object model
 No dependencies from Office
 Good for Server Side scenarios
 And other office tools are the same
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19. SQL Server by Entity Framework 6.0
 Programmers love objects
 Impedance Mismatch (Davide…where are
you?)
 EF 6.0
 A step forward
 Finally, Create/Update/Delete methods mappable
on SP!
 And we can work with ViewModels
 A modern approach to applications
 No more «one model for all»
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20. Web Apps with ASP.NET MVC 5.0
 Scaffolding! Scaffolding! Scaffolding!
Scaffolding! Scaffolding! Scaffolding!
 Here I can say it!
 It’s not a good pattern for Enterprise-grade
applications…
 …but sometime is useful
 No, I’m not speaking about Javascript, just
HTML5 (and CSS3)
 Your apps will be «nice» 
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21. Expose Data as Data Services
 JSON is here to stay
 Web Services are REST
 XML is just a Server to Server Scenario
 BI and Cloud models loves it!
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22. Consume Data and SQL Server via Powershell
 Powershell is the new Command Line
 How many times did you hear it?
 Don’t be lazy (me too!)
 Expressive
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Verbs-Noun
Objects  Metadata
Pipelining (functional)
Rich imperative language
 Powershell is entirely .NET
 Extendable with .NET: CmdLets
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23. Consume Data and SQL Server with Libraries
 Why reports only with Reporting Services?
 Why not a…
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…word document
…excel workbook with graph and pivot
…a Powerpoint presentation
…a Visio Graph?
…Bar codes?
 Manupulate data for presentation
 ASPOSE…again
 I don’t sell ASPOSE…
 …but I love it!
 Again: it’s just one of many
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24. Consume .NET inside SQL Server
 Host C# (CLR) code inside SQL Server
 Stored Procedures
 UDT
 Access to «all» .NET libraries
 Just a little bit of dependencies
 UNSAFE
 It’s not a real issue
 Just create another DB
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25. TWO OTHER STORIES
FROM A DEVELOPER POV
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26. The Cloud is here to stay!
 Windows Azure is a real opportunity for the
.NET Developer
 I think for ALL developers
 This year:
 Scott Guthrie and Mark Russinovick in Azure
Team
 A lot of updates this year! Developer friendly!
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27. The tools are no more where to start
 .NET or C# or ASP.NET are not where to
start
 They are not a pillar or a constraint
 It’s the consequence of an analysis (what we can
call «bounded context» in Domain Driven Design
– the right choice is for each context)
 Is the same for SQL Server developer?
 I think so
 ALM is important
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28. ALM is important
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Analysis
SCRUM
Team Foundation Server
See Alessandro Alpi «Put database under
source control» session!
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29. CONCLUSION
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30. There were three guys in front of a pizza…
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…yesterday evening!
Live confortable with SQL Server…
…but don’t look just inside your garden!
If you don’t believe me, just try by yourself:
 I’m not saying use .NET….
 …I’m saying «there is .NET»
 Technology is good because you can fall in
love more times…
 ...at the same time!
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THANKS!
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32. Q&A
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@marco_parenzan
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marco [dot] parenzan [at] libero/live [dot] it
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