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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
List of contents
- Introduction
- Introducing the Entity Framework
- Chapter 1: Getting to know the Entity Framework
- Chapter 2: Looking more closely at queries
- Chapter 3: Choosing a workflow
- Completing basic tasks
- Chapter 4: Generating and using objects
- Chapter 5: Performing essential tasks
- Manipulating data using the Entity Framework
- Chapter 6: Manipulating data using LINQ
- Chapter 7: Manipulating data using Entity SQL
- Chapter 8: Interaction with stored procedures
- Chapter 9: Interaction with views
- Chapter 10: Interaction with Table-Valued Functions
- Overcoming entity errors
- Chapter 11: Dealing with exceptions
- Chapter 12: Overcoming concurrency issues
- Chapter 13: Handling performance problems
- Advanced management techniques
- Chapter 14: Creating custom entities
- Chapter 15: Mapping data types to properties
- Chapter 16: Performing advanced management tasks
- About the Author
About the author
John Paul Mueller is a technical editor and consultant. He has authored or coauthored 58 books and more than 200 articles on everything from database management to artificial intelligence.
Summary
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.
