4. • EntityFramework NuGet Package
• Included in Visual Studio 2012
• Works with Visual Studio 2010
• Works with .NET 4.0 and 4.5
• Most new features require .NET 4.5
ENTITY FRAMEWORK 5 (EF5)
5. • EF designer and code first
• Enum support
• Spatial data types
• Performance improvements
• EF designer only
• Table-valued Functions (TVFs)
• Multiple diagrams and coloring
• DbContext code generation
NEW IN EF5
6. New
Database
Existing
Database
Design First
Database First
Reverse engineer model in EF Designer
Classes auto-generated from model
Model First
Create model in EF Designer
Generate database from model
Classes auto-generated from model
DEVELOPER WORKFLOWS
Code First
Code First
Define classes and mapping in code
EF Power Tools provide reverse engineer
Code First
Define classes and mapping in code
Database created from code
Migrations apply model changes to database
12. • Async query and save
• Dependency injection pattern
• Code first custom conventions
• Enums, spatial, etc. on .NET 4.0
• Connection resiliency (retry)
• Tooling consolidation
• Code first stored procedure support
COMING IN EF6
ABCs of ORMsEntity Framework ArchitectureDB agnostic abstraction over DB-specific providersApproachesDesignerCode FirstShared Feature Tour/ComparisonEnumSpatial typesFunctions/SprocsLazy vs. eager loadingChange tracking/proxiesInheritance PatternsConcurrency PatternsWorkflowsModel FirstDB FirstCode First New DBCode First Old DBHow to Choose?Best Practices, Tips, TricksView Generation/warm-upConfiguration specificityUnit TestingRetry/Transient faultResist Lazy-LoadService Boundary considerationsoutputToolsEF Power ToolsMiniProfiler/GlimpseLINQPadComing up - Dev Roadmap (EF6)AsyncConnection ResiliencyDependency ResolutionInterception/SQL LoggingBetterTestabilityCustom ConventionsQ&A
Where are you today?How are you structured (are DBAs and Devs totally separate?)Ground rules (e.g. please stop us if you have questions)