Learn Complete Entity Framework Guide

Entity framework is an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) framework that offers an automated mechanism to developers for storing and accessing the data in the database. This tutorial covers the features of Entity Framework using Code First approach. It also explains the new features introduced in Entity Framework 6.


Audience

This tutorial is designed for those who want to learn how to start the development of Entity Framework in their application.


Prerequisites

You should have a basic knowledge of Visual Studio, C#, and MS SQL Server to make the most of this tutorial.

Chapters

Overview
Architecture
Entity F - Environment Setup
Database Setup
Data Model
Dbcontext
Types
Relationships
Lifecycle
Entity F - Code First Approach
Entity F - Model First Approach
Entity F - Database First Approach
Dev Approaches
Entity F - Database Operations
Concurrency
Transaction
Views
Index
Entity F - Stored Procedures
Entity F - Disconnected Entities
Entity F - Table-Valued Function
Native Sql
Enum Support
Entity F - Asynchronous Query
Persistence
Entity F - Projection Queries
Entity F - Command Logging
Entity F - Command Interception
Spatial Data Type
Inheritance
Migration
Eager Loading
Lazy Loading
Explicit Loading
Validation
Track Changes
Colored Entities
Entity F - Code First Approach
First Example
Data Annotations
Fluent Api
Seed Database
Entity F - Code First Migration
Entity F - Multiple Dbcontext
Entity F - Nested Entity Types