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

• Author: John Paul Mueller
• Puplisher: Microsoft Press
• ISBN: 9780735664166