Entity Framework Tutorials For Begineers and Professionals

Entity Framework Tutorials

In this Entity Framework Tutorials series, I am going to discuss Entity Framework with real-time examples  Here in this Entity Framework Tutorials article series, we will start from the very basics, and as we progress we will cover all the advanced features of Entity Framework as well.

Before .NET 3.5 as a developer, we often used to write ADO.NET code to perform CRUD operation with the underlying database. For this, we need to create a connection object with the database, then open the connection, and then we need to create a DataSet to fetch or submit the data to the database, and convert the data from the DataSet to .NET objects or vice-versa to fulfill our business needs. Actually, this is a time consuming, cumbersome, and error-prone process. Microsoft has provided a framework called “Entity Framework” to automate all these database related activities for our application if we provided the necessary details to the Entity Framework.

What is Entity Framework?

Entity Framework is an open-source object-relational mapping (ORM) Framework for .NET applications that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects without focusing on the underlying database tables and columns where actually the data is stored. That means the Entity Framework eliminates the need for writing the data-access code that developers usually need to write.

Official Definition: “The Entity Framework is an object-relational mapper (O/RM) that enables .NET developers to work with a database using .NET objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.”

What you will learn from this Tutorial?

In this Entity Framework Tutorials article series, we are going to discuss all the features of the Entity Framework 6.x and EF Core with real-time examples. We will discuss

1. Entity Framework Basics
2. Database First Approach
3. Model First Approach
4. Code First Approach

For whom:

These Entity Framework tutorials are design for beginners as well as professionals who want to learn Entity Framework step by step from the very basics to the advanced concepts. This tutorial provides a hands-on approach to the subject with step-by-step program examples that will assist you to learn and put the acquired knowledge into practice.

Prerequisites to Learn Entity Framework:

In order to take the full advantages of this Entity Framework Course, you should have the basic knowledge of C# as well as any database such as SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL to gain more knowledge of these tutorials. It is good to have .NET Framework, Visual Studio, and SQL Server installed on your computer.

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