Chapter 13. Introducing the Entity Framework
After completing this chapter, you will be able to:
Understand the high-level concepts of the ADO.NET Entity Framework
Distinguish between the three main Entity Framework modeling layers
Identify the general relationships between database elements and parallel elements in the Entity Framework
ADO.NET has been included with the .NET Framework since its initial release in 2002. As the primary data layer of the Framework, it provides great general-purpose access to external data sources. Starting with Service Pack 1 of Visual Studio 2008 (and the associated .NET Framework version 3.5), Microsoft enhanced ADO.NET with a library of additional functionality known as the Entity Framework (EF). The question is ...
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