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

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: