Entity Framework - Chris Dietz

Entity Framework is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.

Topics covered:

• Code First & Database First

• DbContext API

• LINQ to Entities & method syntax with Lambda expressions

• Initialize Database

• DataAnnotations

• Database Migrations

• Entity Framework Power Tools

• Entity Framework 5.0 Beta