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