Entity Framework simplifies data access in your application by enabling you to write code to perform CRUD (Create, Read, Update and Delete) operations sans the need of interacting with the underlying ...

Microsoft last week released a minor version update of its popular Object Relational Mapping (ORM) tool with numerous bug fixes and new features, including the ability to reverse engineer an existing ...

When we build database-backed enterprise applications, we generally want to isolate our entity models, the DbContext, and the logic for database initialization and migration to maintain a clean ...

Gil Fink is a senior architect for the Sela Group and a Microsoft MVP focusing on data platforms. In the May issue of Visual Studio Magazine, Gil wrote a feature exploring the new Code First features ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

Eight-five percent of all application development is spent on existing systems, with existing databases. If you want to use Entity Framework's code-first development (where the database schema is an ...