Getting Started

The purpose of this section is to provide you with very simple but accurate instructions to help you get your first EntitySpaces application up and running quickly. Here is a very quick bullet list of what it takes:

• Install EntitySpaces.
• Connect the EntitySpaces code generator to your Database.
• Generate your EntitySpaces classes into your Visual Studio Solution folder(s).
• Add the proper information to your app.config /web.config file.
• Add references to EntitySpaces.Core, EntitySpaces.Interfaces, and starting with ES 2009 Q3 EntitySpaces.DynamicQuery.
• Add a reference to one of the EntitySpaces Loaders, and register it once in your code.
• Add reference(s) to one or more of the EntitySpaces database provider(s). (Just the ones you need.)
• Add a using statement (Imports in VB.NET) for your namespace (default BusinessObjects).
• Write your application in record time.

It is very simple to do all of the above, and most of it is one time setup. If you run into an issue, just register and post in the EntitySpaces Community forums.