[UPDATED 23/3/2010 with two new links from developmentor on STEs]
I just posted on the bits you need to install to explore all the features of Entity Framework 4 with the Visual Studio 2010 RC. I’ve also had a quick look (March 12th 2010) to see what new resources are out there on EF4. They appear a little thin on the ground – but there are some gems.
The following all caught my attention:
- Julie Lerman has published 2 How-to-videos on EF4 on pluralsight.com. You need to create a free guest pass to watch them. -. This includes.
- Entity Framework 4 providers – read through the comments
- What’s new with Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2010 RC
- Extending the design surface of EF4 using the Extension Starter Kit
- Persistence Ignorance and EF4 on geekSpeak on channel 9 (poor audio IMHO – I gave up)
- First of a series of posts on EF4
- How to stop your dba having a heart attack with EF4 from Simon Sabin in the UK. This includes and.
- Trackable DTO’s: Taking N-Tier a Step Further with EF4
- EF4 Self Tracking Entities - the new DataSet?
And the biggy. You no longer have to depend on SQL Profiler to keep an eye on the generated SQL. There is now a commercial profiler for Entity Framework. I am yet to try it – but I listened to a.NET rocks podcast which made it sound great. It is “hidden” in a session on DSLs in Boo –> Oren Eini on creating DSLs in Boo. This is a much richer experience than you would get from SQL Profiler – matching the SQL to the.NET code.
And finally a momentous #fail to … drum roll… the Visual Studio 2010 and.NET Framework 4 Training Kit Feb release. This just contains one ppt on EF4 – and it is not even a good one. Real shame.
P.S. I will update the 101 EF4 Resources with the above … but post devweek in case I find some more goodies.
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