Entity Framework 4 / POCO - Where to start? [closed]

Answer 1

Here's a walkthrough on the POCO Template for the Entity Framework that looked pretty good. You might also want to check out the ADO.NET team blog. If you want to start at the beginning(EF v1.0) as a base for your EF knowledge, I found Julia Lerman's Programming Entity Framework book very complete.

Answer 2

Dont have the rep to comment on an answer, but here is a follow up to Jinkinz answer:

Using Repository and Unit of Work patterns with Entity Framework 4.0:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/adonet/archive/2009/06/16/using-repository-and-unit-of-work-patterns-with-entity-framework-4-0.aspx

Answer 3

You can take Lerman's book or something simplier like "Pro linq object-relational mapping". All concepts are still the same with POCO, except that now you should disable code generation and map directly to your model in edmx csdl (or create your own POCO generator). All mapping principles are the same also. Anyhow in run time you are working with proxy which is derived from your POCO object so you should concern about interception support (virtualization of your POCO properties).

Answer 4

I've come across this: http://blogs.msdn.com/adonet/pages/feature-ctp-walkthrough-code-only-for-the-entity-framework.aspx

Which gives you step-by-step for code first. It does require the CTP 3 for EF4 (Download linked from that article).

This is pretty close to what I was after (although ideally a solution that doesn't rely on a CTP would've been preferable)

Answer 5

This is a great question, but tough to keep up to date as Entity Framework continues to mature. Probably the best place to start that will stay up to date into the future is Microsoft's EF page.

A few other links I found helpful while Googling (focused on Code First):

• Getting Started with EF using MVC Tutorial
• Code First Development with Entity Framework Video from TechEd 2010
• Scott Gu's post on Code-First Development with EF4
• MSDN Entity Framework 4.1 and 4.2

Answer 6

If you are going to use disconnected cenarios, I recommend you to read Julie Lerman book: "Programming DbContext", in special Chapter 4.

I found a lot of examples in blogs, etc, but almost all of them are about connected cenarios.

I'm starting too. and these book helped me a lot. By the way, I bought her three books.