What is the most suitable data access method in Silverlight 3?
We are planning to migrate to Silverlight 3 for application development because we want more flexible interfaces and easier deployment. We have previously used Winforms with ADO.Net and SQL Server for data driven applications.
I briefly went over some of the data access options with Silverlight such as Entity Framework and Linq to SQL, etc. But due to the pace of Microsoft's Silverlight development, I don't know which method is the "right" method, and are a bit overwhelmed with options.
Can you suggest a better data access method that I should continue reading? What methods should be avoided or examined?
If possible, point me in the direction of a good comparison that I can't seem to find.
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The technology that suits you best is WCF RIA Services around Entity Framework.
Why Silverlight 3? VS2010 + Silverlight 4 is a much more mature platform for this type of Business Line application.
However, the biggest leap ahead of you comes from WinForms to Xaml-based Silverlight UI.
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