Hi

Is the entity framework anything that can be used in serious database
winfrom applications now? I am just not clear on that. Would appreciate some
comments on where to place EF.

Thanks

Regards

Short answer Yes

HTH

Michel



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Id' wait for v2 (or actually v4 as it is named).

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You can get a better idea of whether the EF works for you by poking
around on the forums and reading about other peoples' experience --
here's the list of all the .NET data access forums --
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/category/dataplatformdev/.
The EF forum also has links to other resources --
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/adodotnetentityframework/threads.
The Data Platform Developer Center home page is where you can find
links to just about everything data related --
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/default.aspx.

--Mary

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In the current version of EF, it's pretty difficult to deal with for larger
service oriented applications. But it shows a lot of promise. If you are
ready to dive in I recommend the following:

1. Get Julie Lerman's book titled "Programming Entity Framework". It's
really been a great help to me.

2. Check out my overview presentation and code at:
http://dotnettips.com/2009/06/09/PhoenixAndSanDiegoJuneCodeCamps.aspx

3. Also check out my article at:
http://dotnettips.com/2008/09/30/WhatIHaveLearnedSoFarAboutTheEntityFrameworkAndADONETDataServices.aspx

David

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David McCarter [Microsoft MVP]
www.dotNetTips.com
David McCarter''s .NET Coding Standards available at:
http://codingstandards.notlong.com


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EF has a lot of promise right now with the use of ESQL and Linq-2-Entities.
I am using EF with 29 entities on the Model in a WCF SOA backend solution
with no problems with object injection into a Windows Workflow, and the
objects persisting themselves to the Model. EF is a piece of cake, if one
takes the time to figure out how to use the solution. Also, with EF and
ADO.Net Data service, another from of a WCF Web service, it allows a lot of
nice things that can be done as a Linq Query service provider.



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