Detailed Table of Contents of Entity Framework Tutorial
Hi,
Here is the detailed list of the chapters of my Entity Framework Tutorial book:
Chapter 1: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework
What You should Know
Looking Back
What is ADO.NET Entity Framework?
Is It Just Another ORM?
The ADO.NET Entity Framework Architectural Components
The Entity Data Model (EDM)
How is the Entity Data Model Represented?
The Object Model (O-Space)
LINQ to Entities
Entity Client
Entity SQL
Avoiding Complex Joins
The Object Services Layer
ADO.NET Entity Framework—Features and Benefits at a Glance
Installing the Prerequisites
Installing the ADO.NET Entity Framework and Its Tools
Downloading the Software
Installing the Software
Designing the Payroll Database
Chapter 2: Getting Started
Creating an Entity Data Model
Creating the Payroll Entity Data Model Using the ADO.NET Entity Data Model Designer
Creating the Payroll Data Model Using the EdmGen Tool
The ADO.NET Entity Data Source Control
Implementing Our First Application Using the Entity Framework
Chapter 3: Entities, Relationships, and the Entity Data Model
Entities, Entity Types, and Relationships in the ADO.NET Entity Data Model (EDM)
What is an Entity?
Defining Entity Sets in the Entity Data Model
Extending the Existing Entity Types to Create Derived Entity Types
Association Sets, Associations, Containment, and Multiplicity
What are Entity Containers?
Exploring the Payroll Entity Data Model
The Mapping Details Window
The Entity Model Browser
The Entity Data Model Layers
The CSDL Schema
The SSDL Schema
The MSL Schema
Chapter 4: Working with Stored Procedures in the Entity Data Model
Mapping Stored Procedures to Functions in the EDM
Mapping Create, Update, and Delete Functions to Entities in the EDM
Mapping the Association Sets Consistently
Mapping Stored Procedures with No Entity Set
Using Stored Procedures
Mapping Stored Procedures that Return Custom Entity Types
Chapter 5: Working with Entity Client and Entity SQL
An Overview of the Entity SQL Language
From Transact SQL (T-SQL) to Entity SQL (E-SQL)
Why Entity SQL When I Already have LINQ to Entities?
Features of Entity SQL
Operators in Entity SQL
Arithmetic Operators
Comparison Operators
Logical Operators
Reference Operators
Type Operators
Set Operators
Operator Precedence
Expressions in Entity SQL
Query Expressions in Entity SQL
Identifiers, Variables, Parameters, and Types in Entity SQL
Row
Collection
Reference
Canonical Functions in Entity SQL
Mathematical Functions
Aggregate Functions
String Functions
Bitwise Functions
Date and Time Functions
Data Paging Using Entity SQL
Working with the ADO.NET Entity Client
Let's Get into Action
Building the Connection String
Creating an Entity Connection
Opening the Connection
Executing Queries Using the Entity Command
Closing the Connection
Other Operations with Entity SQL
Inserting a Record Using Entity SQL
Inserting a Record with a Foreign Key Constraint
Retrieving Native SQL from EntityCommand
Transaction Management in Entity SQL
Chapter 6: Working with LINQ to Entities
Introducing LINQ
Why LINQ?
Understanding the LINQ Architecture
LINQ to XML
LINQ to SQL
LINQ to Objects
LINQ to Entities
Querying Data Using LINQ to Entities
LINQ to Entities and Entity Framework
Differences between LINQ to Entities and LINQ to SQL
Operators in LINQ
Aggregation
Projections
Ordering
Quantifiers
Restriction
Conversion
Element
Set
Querying Data Using LINQ
Expressions in LINQ to Entities
Constant Expressions
Comparison Expressions
Initializing Expressions
Null Comparisons
Navigation Properties
Immediate and Deferred Query Execution
Improving Performance with Compiled Queries
Chapter 7: Working with the Object Services Layer
What are Object Services?
Features at a Glance
A Quick Look at the ObjectContext Class in our Payroll EDM
Querying Data as in-Memory Objects
Adding, Modifying, and Deleting Objects
Attaching and Detaching Objects to and from the Object Context
Serializing and De-Serializing Entity Instances
Change Tracking and Identity Resolution Using ObjectContext
Implementing a Sample Application
Creating the Form
Implementing a Custom DataContext
How is This Accomplished?
Inheritance in the Entity Framework
Table per Hierarchy
Table per Type
Implementing Complex Types in the EDM
Chapter 8: Introducing ADO.NET Data Services
Introducing ADO.NET Data Services
How Do ADO.NET Data Services and Web Services Differ?
What is Representational State Transfer (REST)?
Why Use ADO.NET Data Services?
Features at a Glance
Prerequisites
Exposing Data as a Service Using ADO.NET Data Services
Creating an ADO.NET Data Service
Using a Relational Database as the Data Source
Using Data Sources Other Than a Relational Database
Understanding the System.Services.Data Namespace
Restricting Access to Resources
Working with the ADO.NET Data Service Client Library
Generating the Client-Side Entity Classes
Inserting a Record
Updating a Record
Deleting a Record
Consuming an ADO.NET Data Service Using LINQ
Exposing a Stored Procedure as a URI
Handling Exceptions in ADO.NET Data Services
Batching ADO.NET Data Services Requests to Improve Performance
Debugging Your Data Service
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Best,
Joydip