Fluent Entity Framework

Task list

In this chapter we’ll explore the last of the three workflows that the Entity Framework supports: Code First.

Code first basics

A basic model using the Code First Workflow is much simpler to implement than the Designer-based workflows, so we’ll start by building one.

Code first conventions

The simplest way to set up Entity Framework using the Code First Workflow is to let it make assumptions based on the structure of your classes and ...