Getting Started With Entity Framework from Skillsoft

Online, Self-Paced

This course introduces Entity Framework and its modeling concepts and approaches, and demonstrates how to use it to read data from and write data to a database.

Learning Objectives

An Introduction To Entity Framework

start the course
define the Entity Framework
install and update Entity Framework
define the three components that constitute an Entity Framework model
compare the DbContext and Object contexts
use entity tracking and caching
describe Entity Framework's approach to concurrency

Working with LINQ To Entities

read data from a database using LINQ To Entities
add new records to a database using LINQ To Entities
use database functions in LINQ To Entities queries and statements
use stored procedures with LINQ To Entities to read and update a database
implement distributed or explicit transactions with LINQ To Entity commands
distinguish between the IQueryable and IEnumerable interfaces
describe how entities are validated at Insert and Update time

Working with Entity SQL

work with Entity Framework's database interaction components
read data from a database using Entity SQL
update a database using Entity SQL
implement distributed or explicit transactions with Entity SQL commands

Building Entity Data Models

implement Entity Framework components using a Database-First approach
implement Entity Framework components using a Model-First approach
implement Entity Framework components using a Code-First approach
override mappings for Code-First Entity Framework models
use the Code-First approach for an existing database
implement custom conventions when using a Code-First approach
implement custom pluralization and singularization of entity and collection names in Entity Framework
work with out-of-band Entity Framework Power Tools from Microsoft
perform database migrations in Entity Framework

Implementing Hierarchies with Entity Framework