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.

Everyone likes the plain old objects used in code-first Entity Framework development. No one, on the other hand, likes writing all of the repeated code in those objects. Good News! You already have a ...

The dotNetMontreal community hosted a seminar by Julie Lerman on the Entity Framework Code First approach. Code First is essentially a new programming style for generating a database directly from ...

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 ...

There are three approaches to model your entities in Entity Framework: Code First, Model First, and Database first. This article discusses all these three approaches and their pros and cons ...

This week's Visual Studio 11 Beta release was quickly followed by the new Entity Framework 5 Beta, which has been awaiting features only supported in .NET Framework 4.5. EF 5 adds Enum and Spatial ...