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Binding Objects

The Binding Objects product provides advanced databinding capabilities to the .NET developer. Its architecture has been designed with both performance and flexibility in mind.  This, combined with an implementation that provides seamless integration with the .NET environment, provides a powerful tool for enabling mv developers to harness the full power of both their mv system and the .NET platform. 

Binding Objects also has strong integration with Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET product, providing improved ease of use and flexibility when compared with Visual Studio's/.NET's native databinding support. 

The Case for Databinding

Databinding, if used correctly, can provide a powerful boost to programmer productivity.  The concept of databinding is not new.  It essentially revolves around the concept of reducing the programming burden by allowing developers to hook into frequently required data-oriented interface features and capabilities by setting properties of controls at design or (less commonly) run-time – as opposed to writing code. 

Databinding has frequently been regarded as a 'soft' option for developers, one which cannot be used for 'serious' application development.  This attitude has been historically encouraged by half-hearted implementations of databinding functionality by IDE and software environment vendors. 

However, at BlueFinity we take databinding very seriously.  We regard it as a key tool in lightening the burden placed upon application developers by today's ever increasing demand for application sophistication.  Implemented properly, it can provide significant savings in terms of development timescales for both the simplest and most advanced business applications.

mv.NET's Approach to Databinding

The Binding Objects module of mv.NET is dedicated to providing databinding technology that pays more than simple lip-service the concept of programming without code.  Not only does Binding Objects provide RAD capabilities but it does so in such a way as to allow the full flexibility of the MultiValue data model to be embraced within an application.   This is in sharp contrast to the limited, 2-dimensional databinding offered natively within .NET. 

To complement the components that come as part of the Binding Objects package a series of Visual Studio add-ins are provided to make the use of the components even more convenient and intuitive. 

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