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Get a thorough introduction to ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 -- Microsoft's core framework for modeling and interacting with data in .NET applications. The second edition of this acclaimed guide provides a hands-on tour of the framework latest version in Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4. Not only will you learn how to use EF4 in a variety of applications, you'll also gain a deep understanding of its architecture and APIs.

Written by Julia Lerman, the leading independent authority on the framework, Programming Entity Framework covers it all -- from the Entity Data Model and Object Services to WCF Services, MVC Apps, and unit testing. This book highlights important changes for experienced developers familiar with the earlier version.

Understand the core concepts you need to make the best use of the EF4 in your applications
Learn to query your data, using either LINQ to Entities or Entity SQL
Create Windows Forms, WPF, ASP.NET Web Forms, and ASP.NET MVC applications
Build and consume WCF Services, WCF Data Services, and WCF RIA Services
Use Object Services to work directly with your entity objects
Create persistent ignorant entities, repositories, and write unit tests
Delve into model customization, relationship management, change tracking, data concurrency, and more
Get scores of reusable examples -- written in C# (with notes on Visual Basic syntax) -- that you can implement right away

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Julia Lerman is the leading independent authority on the Entity Framework and has been using and teaching the technology since its inception in 2006. She is well known in the .NET community as a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider, and INETA Speaker. Julia is a frequent presenter at technical conferences around the world and writes articles for many well-known technical publications including the Data Points column in MSDN Magazine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 2nd edition (September 28, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 916 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0596807260
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596807269
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.15 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.9 x 9.19 inches

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Customers find the book easy to understand, with clear examples and a straightforward path to understanding the Entity Framework. They appreciate the wealth of information, including practical aspects and theoretical ones. However, opinions differ on the organization and wordiness of the book, with some finding it well-organized and logically organized, while others feel it needs work.

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24 customers mention "Readability"21 positive3 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They appreciate the clear explanations and examples that help them learn the basics and complex topics of the Entity Framework. The book covers all the core topics and is considered a valuable reference for programming with the framework.

"...She covers building basic models, advanced modeling techniques, and customizing the model with stored procedures, plus all the pros and cons of each...." Read more

"...book for training intermediate to advanced .NET developers as a readable primer, and is about the best of its kind currently available on the markets." Read more

"...Like Juval's WCF book, this EF book begins with well-organized introductory material, but later chapters contain a jumble of practical application..." Read more

"...2. It covered all the related technologies with enough depth that I don't have to buy a LINQ book, WPF book, etc, just to use EF...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's depth of information. They find it comprehensive and thorough, covering both practical and theoretical aspects. The book provides background material and details in a clear manner.

"...Interacting with data as entities instead of just database tables projected as classes into my apps is a whole new world...." Read more

"...It's replete with code samples and the explanations of the Entity Data Model are some of the most thorough I've found in any book on this..." Read more

"...is methodically revealed from top to bottom and the final result is a solid understanding which enables application developers to tackle real-world..." Read more

"...There is also the occasional nugget of detailed information at just the right time along the way to provide context, without deluging the reader...." Read more

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T. Ray Humphrey
Excellent book on EF and its integration into your apps
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2010
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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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Comprehensive and timely
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Entity Framework 4 is unarguably the fastest evolving data provider of any that Microsoft has released to this point. This makes it a moving target and books released on the subject are practically out of date by the time they're released. Despite that, I think Ms. Lerman's done an excellent job with this title and has released quite a bit of supplementary material on the MSDN sites and her blog [...] as well.

While the text is aimed at those familiar with .NET programming and not necessarily EF (as the book states), readers should have a solid understanding of ADO.NET. Those who have previous experience with LINQ to SQL classes will definitely benefit in understanding the contents of this book. Despite some reviews, I found the book well organized considering the depth of the topics. It's replete with code samples and the explanations of the Entity Data Model are some of the most thorough I've found in any book on this subject.

Where I think the book falls short is in its attempts to cover the building of applications using EF across multiple platform types, such as WCF, Windows Forms and web applications. I think O'Reilly's better option here would have been to slim the book back to core topics and issue separate editions to cover these different platforms.

Unlike most reviewers, I did not feel it would serve as much as a shelf reference as its adjunct books, Programming Entity Framework: Code First and Programming Entity Framework: DbContext. However, it is still a fine book for training intermediate to advanced .NET developers as a readable primer, and is about the best of its kind currently available on the markets.

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Certainly worth the purchase price... however
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First - go ahead and get this book. Second - Please let me refine an important point straight away. I would have liked Amazon to provide multiple categories for rating this book and many other books.

Perhaps this chart will help to clarify:

Reference Value = *****
Quick Start Value =**
Organization=***.5
Depth=*****

My priority is Quick Start, hence the 3 star rating. Your mileage may vary.

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Like Juval's WCF book, this EF book begins with well-organized introductory material, but later chapters contain a jumble of practical application techniques, deep dives into implementation details, anecdotes, and copious detail. By the time I reached the mid-point of the book, I was buried in detail without a practical understanding of how to approach the immediate modeling problem at hand. I am just now shifting my attention over to the APress EF recipes book to reset my learning effort. I plan on interleaving my study of these two EF books from this point forward. For example, while I start to run through a bunch of the hands-on material in the APress recipes book, I'll fast forward to later chapters of the Lerman book for material on N-Tier, MVC, and POCO.

What would be the best approach? Sanderson's MVC sets the benchmark as it is a perfect example of successive embellish. Success embellish begins with entry level material and builds one core concept upon another. Key material is methodically revealed from top to bottom and the final result is a solid understanding which enables application developers to tackle real-world problems. But it gets even better. The second half of the MVC book is a quasi-reference section that carves out each building block introduced in the first part of the book for detailed examination. I say quasi as MVC reference material is both detailed and practical.

So how could the EF book be improved? For my immediate quick start purposes, it would have been quite helpful if the EF material had been organized using the successive embellishment/reference section two-part model.

In summary, this book is a must have and is destined to become a trusty, dogged-eared volume on many prairie dog shelves. Best wishes on happy coding and natural light shining brightly on your p-dog cubicle.

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d.Prevato
È una bibbia
Reviewed in Italy on January 21, 2016
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È un testo sacro per chi vuole accostarsi all'Entity Framework in modo professionale; dà il meglio insieme con i due manuali satelliti "DbContext" e "Code First". Non so come se ne possa fare a meno, se si sviluppano applicazioni per Windows (e non solo).

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Ein absolutes Muss - Das Referenzwerk schlechthin - leider veraltet
Reviewed in Germany on January 14, 2015
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Dieses Buch ist die quasi inoffizielle Dokumentation zum Entity Framework 4.

Alles steht darin ausführlich beschrieben. Die einzelnen Kapitel - ja sogar die einzelnen Abschnitte in den Kapiteln bauen didaktisch aufeinander auf, verlangen aber nicht die Lektüre der jeweils vorhergehenden Kapitel.

Julia Lerman hat eine wundervolle Sprache und Didaktik, die das Erlernen des Stoffs zu einer wahren Freude macht.

Ich habe das Buch vollständig durchgearbeitet. Habe vier Wochen meines Urlaubs daran gesessen und fühle mich nun durchweg gut informiert und einsatzbereit, was das Konzept, die Fähigkeiten, das Programmieren (= Anwenden) und die Grenzen des Entity Framework angeht.

Leider stammt das Buch aus dem Jahre 2010 und behandelt lediglich das Entity Framework 4, also Database First bzw. Model First. Selbst das später hinzugekommene Büchlein Programming Entity Framework: Code First by Lerman, Julia, Miller, Rowan (12/1/2011) stammt aus dem Jahre 2011 und behandelt lediglich die erste Version von Code First.

Da dies aber derzeit (im Jahre 2015) alles ist, was die Welt (und insbesondere Microsoft, denn das Entity Framework kommt vollständig ohne Dokumentation daher) zum Entity Framework zu bieten hat, kann die Lektüre dieses Buches durchaus als das Beste bezeichnet werden, was sich der interessierte Leser in Bezug auf das Entity Framework angedeien lassen kann.

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Great book for any .NET developer
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2014
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This is a great book by Julia Lerman. Gives you a good understanding of how Entity framework operates and how to harness it and build a strong DAL.

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Livre à avoir pour ceux qui utilisent EF
Reviewed in France on October 14, 2012
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Le livre présente très clairement les fonctionnalités d'EF 4.0.
Une partie de l'ouvrage (le premier quart dédié aux entities) est un peu moins pertinente pour tous ceux qui utilisent les POCO.
A compléter avec "Code First" et "DbContext" du même auteur.

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