Visual Studio Magazine

Entity Framework Gets Code First Model Generation Through Reverse Engineering

Microsoft last week released a minor version update of its popular Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tool with numerous bug fixes and new features, including the ability to reverse engineer an existing ...
Computerworld

3 reasons to use code first design with Entity Framework

The .NET Entity Framework has come a long way since its early beginnings as an NHibernate alternative and the successor to LinqToSQL. Currently in version 6.0, the ORM is stable and mature but you ...
InfoQ

Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 with Code First Stored Procedures and Connection Resiliency

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Visual Studio Magazine

Creating the Right Database Initializer for Entity Framework

For example, the default option is to create a database initializer class that inherits from CreateDatabaseIfNotExists. With this option the first line of code that accesses the database triggers the ...
InfoWorld

Explore the different approaches to model entities in Entity Framework

Entity Framework simplifies data access in your application by enabling you to write code to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations sans the need of interacting with the underlying ...
InfoWorld

Testing with the InMemory provider in Entity Framework

How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks The InMemory database provider is an exciting feature in newer ...