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Programming Entity Framework
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Julia Lerman
If you use Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5, this is the book you want. Programming Entity Framework, 1st Edition offers experienced developers a thorough introduction to Microsoft's core framework for modeling and interacting with data in .NET applications. This hands-on tour provides a deep understanding of Entity Framework's architecture and APIs, and...more
Paperback, 832 pages
Published
February 10th 2009
by O'Reilly Media
(first published January 15th 2009)
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Truly outstanding technology book. The early chapters are the best and you can sense author-fatigue in the later chapters, but overall a truly enlightening and informative book. This is not a dry regurgitation of manuals already in existence.
Truly one of the best technology books I have read. Like so many other reviews of this book have said: this is THE book to read on entity framework 4.0.
Congratulations on a fantastic book Julia!
Congratulations on a fantastic book Julia!
Excellent book for anyone getting into the Microsoft Entity Framework (.NET). I much prefer it to ADO.NET.
The book is very nice, takes you from the very beginning of how to understand Entity Framework and LINQ and using them later for windows, web application to some advanced topics related to the Microsoft EF.
I may recommend waiting the next edition of the book for the author, which is promised to have updates about whats new for EF 4.
I may recommend waiting the next edition of the book for the author, which is promised to have updates about whats new for EF 4.
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One thing I didn't like about this book is that it doesn't stick to building an example. Sometimes it asks you to build the example, and it does it really well. Other times, it just mentions that you could do this and then later you find that you need to do it because this later example builds on top of older example.
Sometimes, it mentions examples that doesn't follow the initial BreakAway example. It's a little distracting.
One thing I didn't like about this book is that it doesn't stick to building an example. Sometimes it asks you to build the example, and it does it really well. Other times, it just mentions that you could do this and then later you find that you need to do it because this later example builds on top of older example.
Sometimes, it mentions examples that doesn't follow the initial BreakAway example. It's a little distracting.
There are few books on this fairly arcane and technical topic, so one has to give Julia props for writing anything on the topic. At times though the book glosses over certain concepts while dwelling upon others...It isn't an easy read, but that may be more due to the topic material than any deficiencies on the author's part.
Entity Framework is my favorite technology of the moment. Very in-depth book.
Thorough and well-written about Entity Framework 4, maybe too verbose for some.
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Julie Lerman is a Microsoft MVP, .NET mentor and consultant who lives in the hills of Vermont. You can find Julie presenting on data access and other Microsoft .NET topics at user groups and conferences around the world. Julie blogs at thedatafarm.com/blog, is the author of the highly acclaimed "Programming Entity Framework (with a second edition released in August 2010) and authors the MSDN ...more
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