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Entity Framework Tutorial (Update): A comprehensive guide to the Entity Framework with insight into its latest features and optimizations for responsive data access in your projects , Second Edition

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Entity Framework Tutorial (Update)

Chapter 2. Getting Started

In the previous chapter, we took a look at Entity Framework, including its architecture and its features. We also had a look at the new and enhanced features in Entity Framework 7. Note that Entity Framework 6.0 ships with Visual Studio 2013, but you can also install it via NuGet if needed. Also, Entity Framework 7 is yet to be released.

In this chapter, we will design our Security database, create an Entity Data Model (EDM) on top of it, and then use the EntityDataSource control to bind data exposed by the EDM to a GridView control.

The DataSource controls are those that are used to connect to a data source and then retrieve data from those data sources. If you use DataSource controls, the need of writing tedious code to perform Create, Read, Update, Delete (CRUD) operations on data-based controls is eliminated. The EntityDataSource control is a DataSource control that can connect to the data exposed by the EDM to perform CRUD operations.

In this chapter...

Designing the UserAuthentication database

Before we begin implementing a simple application that shows how data retrieved from the EDM can be consumed, let's take a quick look at the EDM again:

Designing the UserAuthentication database

As you can see in this diagram, our application needs to interact with the CSDL layer. The SSDL layer will connect to the database (the Security database in our example), and the mapping layer will map these two layers so that they can communicate.

The Security database comprises of a list of the following tables:

  • Users: This table contains the user details.
  • UsersAuthentication: This table contains the user authentication details.
  • UserAuthenticationTypes: This table contains user authentication type data. User authentication type can be Windows, Forms, Passport, and Anonymous.
  • UsersLoginHistory: This table contains data related to user login history; that is, the user login history data of the user.
  • UserRoles: This table contains the user role details.
  • Roles: This table contains the role details.
  • Controls...

Creating the EDM

Now that the Security database is ready, we will explore how we can create an EDM on top of the Security database.

Note

Note that, before Entity Framework 7, there were two storage models—the EDMX file format based on XML schema or code. With Entity Framework 7, the EDMX file format will be dropped—we will have only the code-based format. Interestingly, this approach is also termed the "code-first only" approach.

You can create the Entity Data Model in one of two ways:

  • Use the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer
  • Use the command-line Entity Data Model Designer called EdmGen.exe

The first approach is preferred to the second. However, as we move through the chapters of the book, we will explore how we can follow the code-first approach to implement the model for our application that uses Entity Framework.

We will first take a look at how we can design an EDM using the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer.

Creating the Entity Data Model using the ADO.NET Entity...

The DataSource controls

The DataSource controls are those that can be bound to data from external data sources. These data sources may include databases, XML files, or even flat files. ASP.NET 2.0 introduced some DataSource controls with a powerful data binding technique, so the need for writing lengthy code for binding data-to-data controls has been eliminated.

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In ASP.NET, the term data binding implies binding the controls to data retrieved from a data source and providing read or write connectivity between these controls and the data that they are bound to.

A DataSource control acts like a layer in between your data source and the data bound control. Data bound controls can be any control that actually interacts with the end user while consuming the data services provided by the DataSource control to which it is bound. It defines certain methods and properties that perform data-specific operations like insert, delete, update, and select over the data exposed by the DataSource control...

Implementing our first application using the Entity Framework

In this section, we will learn how to use the EDM and the EntityDataSource control to implement our first program using the Entity Framework. We will use a GridView control to display bound data.

Let's first have the environment ready. I will run you through the steps to download and install Entity Framework 6 now.

In the Solution Explorer, right-click on the project and select EntityFramework from the list of NuGet packages, as shown in the following screenshot:

Implementing our first application using the Entity Framework

Click on Install to start downloading and installing Entity Framework 6:

Implementing our first application using the Entity Framework

Once Entity Framework 6 has been downloaded, click on Accept to start the installation. After Entity Framework 6 has been successfully installed and the necessary changes applied to your project, you are ready to start writing your first application that makes use of this framework.

Implementing our first application using the Entity Framework

Refer to the solution we created earlier using the Entity Data Model Designer. Now follow these steps:

  1. Drag and drop...

Summary

In this chapter, we discussed how we can get started with Entity Framework. You learned how to create an EDM and use it along with the EntityDataSource control, to bind data to a GridView data control. In this chapter, we created the UserAuthentication database and an EDM that exposed this database. We also explored the EntityDataSource control and used it to bind data in our first application that leverages Entity Framework 6.

In the next chapter, we will continue to explore the EDM including each of its sections and will learn how they are related to each other.

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  • Create Entity data models from your database and use them in your applications
  • Learn about the Entity Client data provider and write statements in Entity SQL to perform CRUD operations
  • Explore ADO.NET Data Services and how they work with the Entity Framework

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The ADO.NET Entity Framework from Microsoft is a new ADO.NET development framework that provides a level of abstraction for data access strategies and solves the impedance mismatch issues that exist between different data models This book explores Microsoft’s Entity Framework and explains how it can used to build enterprise level applications. It will also teach you how you can work with RESTful Services and Google’s Protocol Buffers with Entity Framework and WCF. You will explore how to use Entity Framework with ASP.NET Web API and also how to consume the data exposed by Entity Framework from client applications of varying types, i.e., ASP.NET MVC, WPF and Silverlight. You will familiarize yourself with the new features and improvements introduced in Entity Framework including enhanced POCO support, template-based code generation, tooling consolidation and connection resiliency. By the end of the book, you will be able to successfully extend the new functionalities of Entity framework into your project.

Who is this book for?

If you are a C# developer who wants to learn a new way of querying data and utilizing it in applications efficiently for data binding or other operations, then this book is for you. Basic knowledge of ADO.NET is assumed.

What you will learn

  • Explore the features of the ADO.NET Entity Framework
  • Understand the concepts of entities and their relationships
  • Create an Entity Data Model using the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer and the EdmGen tool
  • Extend existing Entity Types to create your own Entity Types
  • Write programs against the Entity Data Model to perform CRUD operations
  • Discover ADO.NET Data Services and learn how they can be used with the Entity Framework
  • Familiarize yourself with WCF Data Services (formerly ADO.NET Data Services)
  • Apply Code First, Model First and Database First approaches

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10 Chapters
1. Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
1. Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework
What you should know
Looking back
What is the ADO.NET Entity Framework?
A comparative analysis of Entity Framework and other ORM tools
Entity Framework architectural components
System requirements
Performance improvements in Entity Framework 6
New features in Entity Framework 7
Summary
2. Getting Started Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
2. Getting Started
Designing the UserAuthentication database
Creating the EDM
The DataSource controls
Implementing our first application using the Entity Framework
Summary
3. Entities, Relationships, and the Entity Data Model Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
3. Entities, Relationships, and the Entity Data Model
Entities, entity types, and relationships in the EDM
Exploring the Security EDM
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4. Working with Stored Procedures in the Entity Data Model Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
4. Working with Stored Procedures in the Entity Data Model
Creating a database using model-first development
Creating stored procedures
Mapping stored procedures to functions in the EDM
Executing stored procedures using the EDM
Mapping stored procedures that return custom entity types
Summary
5. Working with Entity Client and Entity SQL Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
5. Working with Entity Client and Entity SQL
An overview of the E-SQL language
From T-SQL to E-SQL
Why E-SQL when I already have LINQ to Entities?
Data paging using E-SQL
Working with the ADO.NET Entity Client
Other operations with E-SQL
Deferred, eager, and lazy loading
Summary
6. Working with LINQ to Entities Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
6. Working with LINQ to Entities
Introducing LINQ
Understanding the LINQ architecture
Parallel LINQ
Operators in LINQ
Querying data using LINQ
Summary
7. Working with the Object Services Layer Chevron down icon Chevron up icon
7. Working with the Object Services Layer
What are Object Services?
Performing CRUD operations on objects
Attaching and detaching objects to and from ObjectContext
Serializing and deserializing entity instances
Change tracking and identity resolution using ObjectContext
Understanding the code-first, model-first, and database-first approaches to domain design
Inheritance in Entity Framework
Implementing complex types in the EDM
State management, identity management, and relationship management
Reading objects from the Security database
Inserting objects from the Security database
Editing objects from the Security database
Deleting objects from the Security database
Summary
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8. Working with WCF Data Services
Introducing WCF Data Services
Exposing data as a service using WCF Data Services
Why do we need REST?
What is the OData Protocol?
Working with WCF Data Services and Entity Framework
Working with OData Services using WCF and ASP.NET MVC Framework
Working with Protobuf WCF Services
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A. Advanced Concepts
REST and REST-based service frameworks
HTTP methods, request, and response codes
Abbreviations
New features in Entity Framework 7
Suggested reading
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Joydip Kanjilal is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in ASP.NET, as well as a speaker and the author of several books and articles. He received the prestigious MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award at ASP.Net for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. He is currently working as a Chief Software Architect at a reputed software company in Hyderabad. Joydip has almost 20 years of industry experience in IT, with more than 14 years in Microsoft .NET and its related technologies. He has been selected as MSDN Featured Developer of the Fortnight (MSDN) and as Community Credit Winner several times. He is the author of several books and more than 250 articles. Many of his articles have been featured at Microsoft’s Official Site on ASP.NET. Joydip has authored the following books:- • ASP.NET Web API (Packt Publishing) • Visual Studio Six in One (Wrox Publishers) • ASP.NET 4.0 Programming (Mc-Graw Hill Publishing) • Entity Framework Tutorial (Packt Publishing) • Pro Sync Framework (APRESS) • Sams Teach Yourself ASP.NET Ajax in 24 Hours (Sams Publishing) • ASP.NET Data Presentation Controls Essentials (Packt Publishing) Joydip has also reviewed more than a dozen books till date. He was a speaker a speaker at the reputed Spark IT 2010 event and at the reputed Dr. Dobb’s Conference 2014 in Bangalore. He's also worked as a judge for the Jolt Awards at Dr. Dobb's Journal. He blogs these days at: http://www.infoworld.com/blog/microsoft-coder
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