Entity Framework

Entity Framework Feature Suggestions on UserVoice (link).

Expression Editor (link) is the tool that enables creation of textual expressions that are used for OrderBy, Select, and Where parameters.

Articles:

    • Building N-Tier Apps with Entity Framework 4 (link)
    • Getting started with EF using MVC (link), series of 10 articles.

Code-First Development (EF 4.1)

MvcScaffolding: One-to-Many Relationships, Steve Sanderson (link).

Scott Gu has a great introductory post for Code First Development concept with EF 4 (link).

Using Code-First with Asp.Net MVC 3 (link).

Data Annotations you can use with this approach, MSDN Magazine (link).

    • Override Conventions (link)

Using DbContext in EF 4.1:

    • Part 1: Introduction and Model (link)
    • Part 2: Connections and Models (link)
    • Part 3: Finding Entities (link)
    • Part 4: Add/Attach and Entity States (link)
    • Part 5: Working with Property Values (link)

Associations in EF 4.1 Code First series (link).

Migrations

    • Code First Database Evolution (aka Migrations), 2010 (link)
    • Migrations, 2011 (link)
    • Posts on ADO.Net blog (link)

Transactions

See Transactions page.

Working with POCOs

Tools

    • EF Power Tools (link)