New features in CSLA 4.0 over CSLA 3.8

Question

What are new features in CSLA 4.0 over CSLA 3.8 and which one better ?

Answer 1

Hello,

• Change BusinessListBase/ReadOnlyListBase/etc to work with WPF (possibly creating a legacy set of collection types for Windows Forms)
• Take advantage of the SL4/.NET 4 ability to have SL4 class libraries run in .NET 4
• Improve the business rules subsystem, possibly also including the use of MEF to dynamically find/load rule methods
• Support the .NET 4 client profile, also possibly split out interface layer functionality into separate projects
• Rework LINQ to CSLA so creating a LinqBindingList is an explicit operation, not implicit and also so there's a LinqObservableCollection for use with WPF.
• Remove the non-generic DataPortal methods, thereby removing the generic type parameter on SingleCriteria

Source (forums.lhotka.net)

I know that CSLA 4.0 contains quite a few breaking changes for the better. The rules are getting a complete overhaul which was needed to support new scenarios.

Thanks -Blake Niemyjski (Author of the CodeSmith CSLA Templates)