TechDays 2010 Portugal - Entity Framework 4.0 and Beyond

Evolução da Entity Framework 4.0 e o seu futuro
DEV415
NunoGodinho
Partner & CTO @ ITech4All
nuno.godinho@itech4all.com
@NunoGodinho

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Nuno Filipe Godinho
Partner & CTO @ ITech4all
Mail: Nuno.Godinho@itech4all.com
Nuno.Godinho@sapo.pt
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Twitter: @NunoGodinho
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Introduction
New Features
Possible Routes
Future
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Introduction

Visual Studio
“Quadrant”
Entity Framework
Data Services
ADO.NET
“M”/EDM
SQL
Server
SQL
Azure
…
SQL Server Modeling Services

New Features

How many new features can
we demo in one session?

Model-first development
Automatic pluralization
Foreign keys in models
POCO class support
Lazy loading
T4 Code Generation
Template customization
IObjectSet
Virtual SaveChanges
ObjectStateManagercontrol
New in Entity Framework 4.0
Self-tracking entities
SQL generation improvements
More LINQ operator support
LINQ extensibility
ExecuteStoreQuery
ExecuteStoreCommand
SPROC import improvements
Model defined functions
WPF designer integration
Code-Only development (Feature CTP)

New Features

start with the database
“database is the truth”
why? it already exists, or you want low level control over the database
what? import model into edmx and tweak
start with an edmx model
“edmx is the truth”
why? you want separation from code and database in a declarative format
what? create a model and tweak
start with .net classes
“code is the truth”
why? primarily focused on code shape, database is an implementation detail
what? define classes in code, adjust shape using contextbuilder
Possible Routes

Futures

TechDays 2010 Portugal - Entity Framework 4.0 and Beyond

by Nuno Godinho on Apr 29, 2010

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