Visual Studio Magazine

Entity Framework Gets Code First (but Not Enum Support!)

No need to wait for that next major .NET Framework upgrade to get Entity Framework improvements, as a stand-alone EF installer is about to be released for the first time. Entity Framework CTPs have ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Suppress Columns in Entity Framework Code-First

I'm not a big fan of what I call "aggressive code-first," where your table design is derived from your object design. And, to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I have a good reason for my skepticism.
InfoQ

Entity Framework 6 Alpha 3 with Code First Stored Procedures and Connection Resiliency

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Computerworld

3 reasons to use code first design with Entity Framework

The .NET Entity Framework has come a long way since its early beginnings as an NHibernate alternative and the successor to LinqToSQL. Currently in version 6.0, the ORM is stable and mature but you ...
InfoWorld

Demystifying the Code First approach in EF Core

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 ...