Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Introduction Version 4.1 of the Entity Framework contains both the Code First approach and the new DbContext API. This API provides a more productive surface for working with the Entity Framework and can be used with the Code First, Database First, and...

Devart recently announced that they’ve released an updated version of their provider that works with Entity Framework 4.0. New features include DDL generation, better LINQ to Entities support, and improved support for canonical functions. Finally...

The ASP.NET team recently produced a great set of tutorials on creating web applications with the Entity Framework. They guide you through the process of building an end-to-end working web application. Topic covered include data-binding, sorting, stored...

We have released Entity Framework Feature Community Technology Preview 5 (CTP5) . Feature CTP5 contains a preview of new features that we are planning to release as a stand-alone package in Q1 of 2011 and would like to get your feedback on. Feature CTP5...

The Windows Server AppFabric Customer Advisory Team recently put together some great guidance on managing connections with SQL Azure and EF. They outline common connection issues when working with a cloud database, and show how you can implement your...

Part 2: Provider Manifest This article outlines how to write the provider manifest for our Entity Framework Provider. We will walk through the different components needed, and look at some important parts of the code. Please make sure to read the intro...

Part 1: Provider Overview This article is the first in a series designed to teach developers the basic steps to write an Entity Framework Enabled ADO.NET provider. This article will give you an overall idea of what a provider is, why you should write...