A primer on how to update objects, including adds and deletes, in the Entity Framework.
Peter Vogel explains why adding associations to Entity Framework navigations helps you avoid using Joins.
If you start "thinking in LINQ" you'll get more done with less code, and what you write will be simpler than using SQL.
High-transaction environments can use distributed caching to boost performance without major code changes.
Peter Vogel answers reader questions, including extending custom sections in the config file, using CreateQuery and ESQL in the Entity Framework, and reading lambda expressions.
If you're considering a move into the world of LINQ and Entity Framework, you have to consider the possibility that LINQ and Entity Framework won't let you issue some bizarrely complicated SQL statement. Don't worry -- should that ever happen, you have options.
Code First is a new development approach in the Entity Framework 4.1 stack that can simplify the understanding and maintenance of your domain model.
Lennie Lobel, CTO of Sleek Technologies and a consultant at twentysix New York, is an expert on Entity Framework and Microsoft .NET Framework data-access technologies.
- By Readers of Visual Studio Magazine
- 10/01/2010
The industrial-strength Microsoft ORM is finally ready for prime time. Are you?
- By Kathleen Richards
- 09/01/2010
New versions add caching, support for LightSwitch development.
- By Michael Desmond
- 08/05/2010
If you want to integrate server-side Web service processing with AJAX objects in your browser, you should be considering WCF Data Services -- especially if you're working with the Entity Framework. Here's a quick introduction to the technology.
Peter Vogel wraps up coverage of object-oriented programming for the single-tier developer by handling the difference between the data required by users and the object used by the business layer.
So far, the reviews of VS 2010 and .NET Framework 4 are encouraging.
- By Kathleen Richards, Jeffrey Schwartz
- 07/01/2009
If you want to use Entity Framework in ASP.NET, you're going to need to handle concurrency problems. Here are some suggestions from a Microsoft "architect evangelist."
The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Beta 1 bits are available to MSDN subscribers today. A public beta is scheduled for release on Wednesday.
- By Kathleen Richards
- 05/18/2009