“What’s New in Entity Framework 4?”
ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF) can help you more easily create and maintain data-driven applications using flexible data models featuring entities and relationships. Entity Framework 4, part of .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010, includes many new features and improvements. This demo-heavy talk will start with a brief introduction to EF, then focus on what’s new in EF 4, including designer improvements, persistence ignorance, model-first support, lazy loading, N-Tier, complex types, foreign keys, and more.
Chris Bowen (http://blogs.msdn.com/cbowen) is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft, covering the Northeastern US. An architect and developer with over 17 years of experience, he joined Microsoft after holding senior positions at companies including Monster.com, VistaPrint, Staples, and IDX Systems, as well as consulting with others. He is coauthor of "Essential Windows Communication Foundation" and "Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System" and holds an M.S. in Computer Science and a B.S. in Management Information Systems, both from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
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