In today's internet-connected world of forums and blogs, I find myself buying fewer and fewer books. Instead I search the web for an example of what I need to do, integrate that into my application, and move on. Well I tried that approach with Entity Framework and quickly hit a wall. And no amount of internet forum or blog reading satisfied my need to understand just how this new ADO.NET animal worked. Understanding EF for me has been similar to the learning curve in switching from procedural to object-oriented programming. Interacting with data as entities instead of just database tables projected as classes into my apps is a whole new world.
Well, this book is definitely worth the buy and the read, and I mean all 800+ pages of it. This book is awesome! Julie Lerman starts at the beginning and explains where we've come from in ADO.NET and why programming to entities is a better way to look at your data. There are scores of examples throughout the book, and she builds two different data models as the book progresses. She covers the obvious topics but also brings up subtleties that you probably wouldn't hit until your 3rd or 4th application. She covers building basic models, advanced modeling techniques, and customizing the model with stored procedures, plus all the pros and cons of each. She covers LINQ to Entities, Entity SQL, and POCO entities. She covers integrating EF with WPF, WCF, and ASP.NET in both RAD and layered web applications. In my opinion, she covers it all.
I started at the beginning and then skipped ahead to a couple of topics I needed right away. This worked, but the book kept referencing other topics in other chapters I hadn't read - which all sounded interesting and good to know. I've now gone back and read the chapters I initially skipped. This will be a well-worn book beside my keyboard as I continue to work with the wonderful new world of Microsoft's Entity Framework.
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Armand47Reviewed in France on October 14, 2012
Livre à avoir pour ceux qui utilisent EF
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Great book for any .NET developer
