Users of Entity Framework (EF) migrations must have noticed that there are two ways to perform migrations: automatic and code based. With automatic migrations, EF compares the code-first model to the latest version that is stored in the __MigrationHistory system
Entity Framework 4 tips for NHibernate users
The last few weeks, I have worked on a project that uses Entity Framework 4 Code First (let’s call it EF from now). Normally, I use NHibernate for my OR-mapping needs and although EF works almost the same conceptually, there
Entity Framework 4 Code-First demo updated to Feature CTP3
The EF 4 code-first demo has been updated to reference the EF4 Feature CTP3 dll at its default location. To run the demo, you have to make sure that the you have it installed. Download the EF 4 Feature CTP3
Entity Framework 4.0: a fresh start (with demo application)
Edited 2009-11-26: removed EF4 Feature CTP from demo package and added some code examples. So, Entity Framework 1.0 pretty much sucks (compared to alternatives), but I’m glad to see that things have improved a lot in version 4.0 (we’ll call
One year after the Entity Framework Vote of No Confidence…
About a year ago, a few people (called by some as ‘The NHibernate Mafia’) wrote a vote of no confidence against the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF), mainly because a big influential company like Microsoft was releasing an inferior tool