SQLBits 2012

Declarative Database Development with SSDT

Declare how you want your schema to look like, not how you want to implement it. Using the SQL Server Data Tools, you define your database schema in a declarative form and deploy it as such!

Database development is complicated by nature! Database engines are stateful, so data loss is always a risk; object dependencies determine the order in which changes need to be applied and the loosely coupled nature of the SQL language can result in unexpected runtime errors. These are just a small collection of examples why database development is hard. The SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) development environment helps developers getting a better handle on database development, testing, deployment and migrations. The declarative nature lets the developer focus on the final state they want, instead of writing an imperative script on how to change the state of the database directly.

Gert Drapers's previous sessions

To the Cloud with SQL Server Data Tools

Learn how the SQL Server Data Tools can help you migrate your on-premise SQL Server databases to SQL Azure

Declarative Database Development with SSDT

Declare how you want your schema to look like, not how you want to implement it. Using the SQL Server Data Tools, you define your database schema in a declarative form and deploy it as such!

Database Development with SQL Server Juneau

Juneau is a new developer tool in Denali. Brings VS paradigms to SQL Server like Debug, Refactor and Declarative maintenance. Come to this session and learn what these tools are really about.

What could SQL Server users learn from NoSQL

NoSQL is not scary once you understand which problems it tries to solve and how it goes about that. More interesting you can apply a lot of the same design patterns to SQL Server. This sessions covers how NoSQL and SQL relate and are different