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

John Paul Mueller is a technical editor and freelance author who has written on topics ranging from database management to heads-down programming, from networking to artificial intelligence. He is the author of Start Here! Learn Microsoft Visual C# 2010.

• 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