Cloud Data Connectivity
With the standard ADO.NET and Entity Framework interfaces and advanced design-time dotConect providers for cloud applications offer the fastest way to create .NET applications, working with cloud data. You can define your connection in a design-time wizard, bind data-display controls with dotConnect components and configure all the data access visually in few minutes.
Local SQL Engine
dotConnect providers for cloud data sources have local SQL engine that allows you to select data with standard SQL SELECT statements and modify data with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statement. They allow you to work with cloud data via SQL, just like with database data, instead of learning complex web API.
Entity Framework Support
dotConnect providers for cloud data sources support Entity Framework and allow working with cloud data via LINQ to Entities and Entity SQL. The providers come bundled with their own visual designer for Entity Framework models - Entity Developer.
Fast Data Loading
For most of the supported cloud sources, dotConnect providers offer a Loader class, which allows bulk data loading to the data source and can quickly upload a large number of records. The Loader class loads data in batches and you can control the number of records to load as one batch.
Highlights
Advanced Visual Studio Integration
dotConnect providers tightly integrate with design-time features of Visual Studio. You can use them to create Server Explorer connections and browse data source tables, take advantage of DataSet Designer, Data Source wizard, Query Builder, TableAdapter configuration, use Preview Data capability, etc.
RAD Approach
dotConnect providers make application development faster because they allow to quickly configure the data access layer at design-time. They offer a number of visual GUI tools and wizards that increase your productivity. dotConnect components have advanced visual component editors to simplify their tweaking.
SQL Execution Monitoring
dotConnect providers have a dedicated free tool for monitoring SQL execution and other data access events - dbMonitor. dbMonitor can be used for monitoring any kind of applications - desktop, ASP.NET and windows services and even allows tracing the applications remotely.
Demo Projects
dotConnect providers go with a number of demo project, illustrating the use of different technologies and classes with dotConnect and how to use dotConnect providers in different kinds of projects. They will quickly introduce you to using dotConnect components in your data-related applications.
