In the Database First approach, you started with an existing database and used the Entity Framework wizard to create the Entity Data Model (EDM). The model was built as a one-to-one mapping between ...

Code First is a new development approach in the Entity Framework stack that can simplify the understanding and maintenance of your domain model. In the middle of 2008, Microsoft published the first ...

Code First is a new development approach in the Entity Framework 4.1 stack that can simplify the understanding and maintenance of your domain model.

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 ...

Less cruft, more control, and database version control The .NET Entity Framework has come a long way since its early beginnings as an NHibernate alternative and the successor to LinqToSQL.