Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework Step by Step

Your hands-on guide to Entity Framework fundamentals

Expand your expertise—and teach yourself the fundamentals of the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework 5. If you have previous programming experience but are new to the Entity Framework, this tutorial delivers the step-by-step guidance and coding exercises you need to master core topics and techniques.

Discover how to:

• Access data in a managed way—using minimal code
• Apply three workflows supported by the Entity Framework
• Perform essential tasks with full automation in place
• Manipulate data with both LINQ and Entity SQL
• Create examples that rely on Table-Valued Functions
• Determine the remedies for Entity-specific exceptions
• Explore the use of optimistic and pessimistic concurrency
• Define mappings between your applications and data sources

Teach yourself how to create data-oriented software applications with the Entity Framework—one step at a time. Ideal for those with basic programming skills, this tutorial provides practical, learn-by-doing exercises to help you master the fundamental techniques for using the Entity Framework to model and interact with data.

Discover how to:

• Choose the right workflow
• Use LINQ to interact with the Entity Framework
• Work with Table-Valued Functions
• Complete application health checking
• Customize the Entity Framework
• Begin using the Entity Framework in your applications

John Paul Mueller is a technical editor and freelance author who has written on topics ranging from database management to heads-down programming, from networking to artificial intelligence. He is the author of Start Here!™ Learn Microsoft Visual C#® 2010.