In the first installment of this series [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/entity-framework-for-beginners-creating-a-database-first-model] , we set up a new EDMX context for our Northwind database using a methodology known as Database-First (an astonishingly descriptive name, don't you think?). In this post, we're going to build our own model using a new Context
Ever felt like you were an impostor? Like you were just pretending to know what you know, that you obviously were not as smart as you think [http://www.exceptionnotfound.net/you-are-not-as-smart-as-you-think-you-are/], and eventually everyone would find out and expose you like the fake faking faker you are? Good. I've
Entity Framework (EF) is the preferred data access solution and Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) from Microsoft. There are three methodologies you can pick from when building an EF model: Database-First, Model-First, and Code-First. In this post, we'll explore creating a Database-First model using an EDMX designer file. What is Entity Framework?
> You're not paid to write code, you're paid to think. This is one of the first things new hires on my team hear from me. It's a nice concise way of saying I don't care how quickly you finish the task, if its poor code it's as useful as a
I am an enormously self-critical person. If I'm going out to a party, or having dinner, or even just giving a presentation, I'm constantly playing back my speech and my actions in my head to see where I went wrong. It sounds like two awful television sports announcers who follow