Entity Framework Core 2.0 Released to Heavy Criticism
Entity Framework has always had a mixed reputation, with some developers loving it while other compared it unfavorably to NHiberante, LINQ-to-SQL, and the various micro-ORMs. But the early impressions of EF Core have been particularly bad and continue to frustrate even those who appreciated the original Entity Framework.
Delayed and Deprecated Features in Entity Framework Core
While Entity Framework has a rather ignominious reputation for breaking backwards compatibility, it pales in comparison to the total rewrite undertaken for Entity Framework core. In this article InfoQ looks at some of the major feature changes and their repercussions.
Rebooting Entity Framework
Entity Framework is being rebooted with an initiative called “Entity Framework Everywhere”. The goal of this project is dramatically reduce both the complexity of Entity Framework and the resources needed to run applications that use it. This will in turn allow it to run on a wider variety of platforms including Windows Store and Windows Phone.
ASP.NET Identity 2 Adds Two-factor Authentication, Account Lockout, Security Stamp and Bug Fixes
ASP.NET Identity 2 RTM, recently released by Microsoft provides support for Two-factor authentication, account lockout, security stamp besides several improvements and bug fixes.
EF Gets Public Mapping API, Ability To Handle Commit Failures
Entity Framework 6.1 was recently released with several interesting improvements such as better tooling, CommitFailureHandler, IndexAttribute, a Public Mapping API and more.
DynamicData and EntityDataSource Updated with Entity Framework 6 Support
Microsoft recently added Entity Framework 6 support for DynamicData and EntityDataSource controls with in addition to refreshed the templates. It also has few known issues as the support is limited to C# and Web Application projects.
RadControls for WPF and Silverlight Q2 2013 SP1 with Entity Framework 6 Support and Several Features
Telerik has released RadControls for WPF and Silverlight Q2 2013 SP1 with the ability to change application icon set during runtime in addition to support for Entity Framework 6. It also provides an ability to pass event arguments to command when using Telerik EventToCommandBehavior in addition to several new features and improvements.
Leveraging DDD in Core-Business Applications Using Entity Framework
Domain-Driven Design, DDD, is all about the domain, not about persistence. With a history of database programming for 25 years, later years using Entity Framework, Julie Lerman, a consultant on the .NET platform and a Microsoft MVP, in a recent presentation at the Øredev developer conference shares her persistence experiences when moving into DDD.
Slow Startup Time and Entity Materialization Issues Affects Entity Framework 6
Developers reported decrease in startup time and slow entity materialization while working with Entity Framework 6. However, the product team was quick to react with a patch which fixed one issue while Microsoft is working hard to fix other bugs and a new patch release will be available in the near future.
Experiences Going From Data-Driven Development to Domain-Driven Design
With a long history of data-driven development, Julie Lerman shares her experiences moving into using her skills with Domain-Driven Design in three articles, with examples in C# using Entity Framework
Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 4 Adds EF 6 and Visual Studio 2013 Support
Microsoft has released Entity Framework Power Tools Beta 4 with support for Entity Framework 6 and Visual Studio 2013.
ORM Profiler v1.5 with Entity Framework 6 and Async Support
ORM Profiler v1.5 has been released with support for Entity Framework 6 and Async in addition to several improvements and bug fixes.
WCF Data Services 5.6.0 Adds Entity Framework 6 Support
The recently released WCF Data Services 5.6.0 provides support for Entity Framework 6 and provides an option either to upgrade or create nww OData services to target EF 6.
ORMs And Persistence Ignorance
Julie Lerman recently noted that Entity Framework can work with classes having private constructors and private property setters, which promotes persistence ignorance. We explore further.
Entity Framework 6 RC Adds SQL Logging, Testability Improvements and New IntelliSense Documentation
Microsoft has released release candidate version of Entity Framework 6 with support for interception, SQL logging, testability improvements. It also includes substantial changes to API, IntelliSense documentation.
