.NET Developer Center

Updated June 29, 2009

.NET developers should bookmark this page for new downloads, discussions, and other technical resources. Oracle provides significant support and products for developers using Visual Studio and .NET Web Services, who need to develop enterprise applications.

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What's New

Microsoft Announces System.Data.OracleClient Deprecation: Learn Why Developers Should Migrate to ODP.NET
Microsoft announced the deprecation of System.Data.OracleClient, also known as Microsoft OracleClient. .NET data access developers that use Microsoft OracleClient now consider using ODP.NET to connect to the Oracle database. Learn why many developers now want to use ODP.NET and how to migrate your Microsoft OracleClient application to ODP.NET.

Article: Use Microsoft Visual Studio for the Complete .NET and Oracle Database Development Lifecycle
This article builds a .NET application with Oracle Database and takes you step by step through the database development lifecycle, covering many of the new Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio features along the way.

New ODAC Beta for .NET Developers
Improve .NET developer productivity and performance tuning with the Oracle Data Access Components (ODAC) beta. New features include Advanced Queuing API and Visual Studio administration tools; self-tuning ODP.NET, Visual Studio Oracle Performance Analyzer for application tuning; promotable transactions; and Server Explorer filtering, operations on multiples nodes at once, and performance enhancements.

ASP.NET Lesson Added to the Oracle Database 2 Day + .NET Developer's Guide
The 2 Day + .NET Developer's Guide has been updated to include information about how to use ASP.NET with Oracle Database and Oracle Providers for ASP.NET. Download (HTML | PDF) the new guide for the new ASP.NET lesson.

Oracle Application Testing Suite for .NET Applications
Application Testing Suite is a comprehensive, integrated testing solution that ensures the quality, scalability, and availability of your .NET Web applications and Web Services. This integrated, full lifecycle solution enables you to define and manage your application testing process, validate application functionality, and ensure that your applications will perform under load. With Application Testing Suite, you can deploy your Web applications and Web Services in less time while maximizing the efficiency of your testing team.

Application Testing Suite is comprised of the following tightly integrated products:

  • Load Testing for Web Applications for scalability, performance and load testing.
  • Functional Testing for Web Applications for automated functional and regression testing.
  • Test Manager for Web Application for test process management, including test requirements management, test management, test execution and defect tracking.

IDC White Paper: Oracle Database on Windows and .NET Interoperability
IDC examines what Oracle Database offers to the Windows administrator and .NET developer and the depth of that integration. In addition, the white paper includes a case study of how a customer has taken advantage of Oracle and Microsoft's tight integration.


.NET Support for Oracle Database 11g
Technical White Paper: Oracle Database 11g on Windows: Development and Deployment (PDF)
Internet Seminar: Oracle Database 11g: Best Technology for Windows and .NET
Technical White Paper: Oracle on .NET
Technical White Paper: ODP.NET 11g
Technical White Paper: New 11g Features in Oracle Developer Tools for Visual Studio

Technical Articles
Build a .NET Application for the Oracle Database
Mastering .NET Application Development - Series
ODP.NET Xcopy Deployment with Instant Client
Build Oracle User-Defined Type Applications in .NET
Debugging PL/SQL from Within Visual Studio
Improve ODP.NET Performance
Learn About Database Change Notification
Using Bind Variables in ODP.NET
Article: ODP.NET Explicit and Implicit Transactions
Read More .NET Technical Articles

Technical Information
Oracle OpenWorld 2008 and Oracle Develop 2008: Presentation slides and sample code
Oracle Develop 2008-09 - Getting Started with Oracle and .NET
Oracle Develop 2008-09 - New Oracle Features for .NET Developers
DevConnections 2008 Las Vegas Presentation - New .NET Features for the Oracle Database
DOAG 2008 Nuremberg - Getting Started with Oracle and .NET
Making the Case for Oracle Database on Windows and .NET. Dwight Davis, VP of Ovum Summit, highlights all the ways the Oracle Database leverages the Windows and .NET platforms in this free white paper.
View More .NET & Windows Technical Information


 
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