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JulieLerman — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:52:13 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

Code First Projects

SalarDbCodeGenerator (salardbcodegenerator.codeplex.com) Initial Release May 3, 2012. SalarDbCodeGenerator is a database first, code generator. It uses customizable patterns to generate different codes and models for applications. The generator engine is mostly optimized for C# but it can be used to generate any other programming language code.

EF4 Projects

Effort (alpha) (effort.codeplex.com) Initial Release (alpha) April 25, 2012. Effort is a powerful tool that enables an easy way to create unit tests for Entity Framework based applications. It manipulates the behavior of EntityConnection or ObjectContext objects in a way that the data operations are executed by a lightweight in-process database instead of the underlying resource-heavy relational database. This mechanism makes possible to run data driven unit tests without the presence of the dependent database.

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF4 LINQ extensions(ef4linqetensions.codeplex.com): Extensions for Entity Framework 4 to support things like Enums in Linq queries. EF4 Linq Extensions extends EF4 ObjectSet<T> to support queries using enums.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

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Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:51:36 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

Code First Projects

SalarDbCodeGenerator (salardbcodegenerator.codeplex.com)Initial Release May 3, 2012. SalarDbCodeGenerator is a database first, code generator. It uses customizable patterns to generate different codes and models for applications. The generator engine is mostly optimized for C# but it can be used to generate any other programming language code.

EF4 Projects

Effort (alpha) (effort.codeplex.com)Initial Release (alpha) April 25, 2012. Effort is a powerful tool that enables an easy way to create unit tests for Entity Framework based applications. It manipulates the behavior of EntityConnection or ObjectContext objects in a way that the data operations are executed by a lightweight in-process database instead of the underlying resource-heavy relational database. This mechanism makes possible to run data driven unit tests without the presence of the dependent database.

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF4 LINQ extensions(ef4linqetensions.codeplex.com): Extensions for Entity Framework 4 to support things like Enums in Linq queries. EF4 Linq Extensions extends EF4 ObjectSet<T> to support queries using enums.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:49:11 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

Code First Projects

SalarDbCodeGenerator (salardbcodegenerator.codeplex.com)Initial Release May 3, 2012. SalarDbCodeGenerator is a database first, code generator. It uses customizable patterns to generate different codes and models for applications. The generator engine is mostly optimized for C# but it can be used to generate any other programming language code.

EF4 Projects

Effort (effort.codeplex.com)Initial Release April 25, 2012. Effort is a powerful tool that enables an easy way to create unit tests for Entity Framework based applications. It manipulates the behavior of EntityConnection or ObjectContext objects in a way that the data operations are executed by a lightweight in-process database instead of the underlying resource-heavy relational database. This mechanism makes possible to run data driven unit tests without the presence of the dependent database.

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF4 LINQ extensions(ef4linqetensions.codeplex.com): Extensions for Entity Framework 4 to support things like Enums in Linq queries. EF4 Linq Extensions extends EF4 ObjectSet<T> to support queries using enums.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Wed, 09 May 2012 09:47:32 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

Code First Projects

SalarDbCodeGenerator (salardbcodegenerator.codeplex.com)Initial Release May 3, 2012. SalarDbCodeGenerator is a database first, code generator. It uses customizable patterns to generate different codes and models for applications. The generator engine is mostly optimized for C# but it can be used to generate any other programming language code.

Effort (effort.codeplex.com)Initial Release April 25, 2012. Effort is a powerful tool that enables an easy way to create unit tests for Entity Framework based applications. It manipulates the behavior of EntityConnection or ObjectContext objects in a way that the data operations are executed by a lightweight in-process database instead of the underlying resource-heavy relational database. This mechanism makes possible to run data driven unit tests without the presence of the dependent database.

EF4 Projects

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF4 LINQ extensions(ef4linqetensions.codeplex.com): Extensions for Entity Framework 4 to support things like Enums in Linq queries. EF4 Linq Extensions extends EF4 ObjectSet<T> to support queries using enums.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 20:31:06 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

EF4 Projects

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF4 LINQ extensions(ef4linqetensions.codeplex.com): Extensions for Entity Framework 4 to support things like Enums in Linq queries. EF4 Linq Extensions extends EF4 ObjectSet<T> to support queries using enums.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:22:11 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

EF4 Projects

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate Repositories, Unit of work, POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:15:05 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

EFContrib will attempt to centralize links to projects on CodePlex that will help you work more effectively with Entity Framework in your applications.

EF4 Projects

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

EF3.5 Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

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Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 22:00:01 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

This project is a home to contributions for the Entity Framework in order to accomodate different scenario's and programming styles.
It consists of multiple projects aimed at helping you take full advantage of EF.

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

EF4 Templates (ef4templates.codeplex.com): EF4 Templates uses T4toolbox to generate POCO self-tracking entities that can be unit tested, along with validation for WPF, Silverlight RIA services and ASP.NET/ASP.NET MVC. They also generate an ODATA service with authentication for usage with WPF.

Entity Visualizers (entityvisualizers.codeplex.com/): This project has debugger visualizers for several objects in the Entity Framework: EntityObject, EntityCollection, ObjectQuery and ObjectContext. Some of the source code is based on code from Julie Lerman's book "Programming Entity Framework".

Entity Visualizer (entityvisualizer.codeplex.com): Entity Framework Debugger Visualizer to display SQL source code generated by Entity Framework.

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

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Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:56:30 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template (efrepository.codeplex.com): T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox (t4toolbox.codeplex.com): T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

Entity Framework Frequently Asked Questions (effaq.codeplex.com): The EF FAQ project provides a place for users of the Entity Framework to work together on a list of common questions and answers that come up while programming with the EF.

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:51:56 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template: T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox: T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:51:34 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

Entity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template: T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox: T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:51:08 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework (t4csla.codeplex.com)Visual Studio extension and T4 templates for generation of CSLA objects from ADO.NET Entity Framework model.

urlEntity Framework Repository & Unit of Work Template: T4 Template for Entity Framework 4 for creating a data access layer using the repository and unit of work patterns. Designed to work well with dependency injection frameworks. When dropped in a folder with an .edmx file, it will generate all necessary files.

T4 Toolbox: T4 Toolbox is a set of ready-to-use code generators and T4 extensions for Visual Studio. Quickly build powerful C# or VB templates that generate multiple output files or simply use existing templates for LINQ to SQL, Entity Framework and more.

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:38:56 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

*PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Visual Studio CSLA Extension for ADO.NET Entity Framework: http://t4csla.codeplex.com/

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:38:04 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

*PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

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Updated Wiki: PostSharp4EF

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:37:37 GMT

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco interfaces (for EF 3.5/VS2008)

This project uses PostSharp to post-compile your assemblies. When it encounters a simple attribute, it will implement everything needed to use it in EF: Typelevel attributes, EDMscalar attributes, changetracking and default values. This means there are no runtime performance penalties. See Introducing EF Contrib post for more detailed information about this project. The following supporting projects are included as well and will enable the use of full disconnected n-tier usage of your domain objects:

Circular Serializer: enables the serialization of object graphs (including circular references) with knowledge of 'original values'.
Editable Business Objects: does changetracking and provides the serializer with the correct values.

This project adds a compilation phase to your project. During that compilation phase, the metadata from your edmx file is used to alter the compiled code to actually implement all the requirements for a domain object to work with Entity Framework. This enables the developer to work with POCO (Plain Old Code Objects) objects that know nothing of the Entity Framework, in other words: they are Persistence Ignorant.

The project works together with 2 other projects (also included): Circular Serializer and Editable Business Objects. Together they offer effortless n-tier distributed usage of your domain layer, arguably the most important layer of your application. Read more about this here: full disconnected n-tier usage.

Reason of existence

In an agile design process, it is important to be able to work on a domain layer that is not weighed down by data access code. Ideally, one would like to be able to reuse the domain objects in other scenario's without having to make changes. Also, it should be simple to replace data-access code (for instance, to use another OR-mapper), without having to worry about how this affects the business layer.
This means that no data-access logic should invade the domain layer at all. Business objects focus solely on implementing business logic and validation.

The Entity Framework does not allow this in version 1. It does however present 3 interfaces (commonly known as the IPoco interfaces) that, when implemented, at least take away the need for a baseclass. The implementation of these interfaces is not easy and still invades the domain layer.

Example

Let's start by creating a Person object:

    [DataContract(Namespace = "myNamespace", Name = "Person")]
    public class Person
    {
        [DataMember]
        public int PersonID { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Firstname { get; set; }
        [DataMember]
        public string Lastname { get; set; }

    }

The next step is to add an attribute that will notify the postcompilation step to alter this object:
[assembly: Poco("InheritanceTypeConnection")]

This will trigger the following actions:

implementing IEntityWithChangeTracker, IEntityWithKey and IEntityWithRelationships. These are the IPoco interfaces that EF needs to work
put the EdmEntityType attribute on top of the class
put the EdmScalarProperty attributes on top of the properties
put EdmRelationShip attributes on the assembly (if needed)
put the EdmSchema attribute on the assembly

Then a few other interfaces are implemented, that are needed for the system to work.

the IUpdateComplexTypesWithTracker interface is used to facilitate complex types
the IGetChangeTracker interface is used to get to the changetracker
the IContextAware interface can be used to attach an object to the context (!) and prepare it for serialization (!)
the IRelationshipLoader interface can be used to load relationships
the IStorageAccess and ISerializationHelp interfaces are used during serialization

Behind the scenes, access to relationships are rewritten to use the Relationshipmanager, and setters of properties are intercepted to raise the proper events.

It is important to understand that this is never visible in Visual Studio. Your code remains untouched. The resulting dll is enhanced with these features

When we open the dll in reflector, we see the following:

[EdmEntityType(Name="Person", NamespaceName="Domain")]
public class Person : IPocoFacade, IComposed<IPocoFacade>, IUpdateComplexTypesWithTracker, IStorageAccess, IRelationshipLoader, ISerializationHelp
{
...... a lot of members left out .....
    // Properties
    [DataMember, EdmScalarProperty(IsNullable=false)]
    public string Firstname { get; set; }
    [DataMember, EdmScalarProperty(IsNullable=false)]
    public string Lastname { get; set; }
    [EdmScalarProperty(IsNullable=false, EntityKeyProperty=true), DataMember]
    public int PersonID { get; set; }
}

End result

The end result is that you are able to work with regular objects, without thinking about Entity Framework. This enables an agile work process.

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:37:08 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

*PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco (for EF 3.5/VS2008)
Plug-in Edmx Code Generator: easily add assemblies that will hook into the codegeneration part of Entity Framework. Check this blog post out for more info!

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Updated Wiki: Home

JulieLerman — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 21:36:29 GMT

Welcome to the Entity Framework Contrib project

Projects

PostSharp4EF: Automatically implement IPoco for EF 3.5/Visual Studio 2008

Community feedback

Please contribute to this project by either contributing code or giving feedback. Let me know if you are interested in the project and if you'd like to see it completed.

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

Be heard: API changes discussion on EF Poco

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

I’m joining Microsoft!!

Friday, July 25, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

New sample application for disconnected n-tier EntityFramework objects

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Inheritance support for EFContrib

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Disconnected N-Tier objects using EntityFramework

Monday, April 07, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relation support for n-tier EF

Thursday, March 27, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Progress on light objects on the client, full blown EF entities on the backend

Friday, March 21, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Sneak preview: serializing objects with original values

Monday, March 17, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Complex types in EF, how they work and support in EFContrib

Friday, March 14, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Relationship support in EFContrib

Monday, March 10, 2008 | From Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib

Ruurd Boeke Enterprise development and technobabble - EF-Contrib News Feed

UPDATED WIKI: full disconnected n-tier usage

RBoeke — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:53:53 GMT

Disconnected n-tier usage of Entity Framework objects

To enable the use of Entity Framework objects in a disconnected scenario, we use 3 projects together:

PostSharp4EF: enhances Plain Old Code Objects to be understood by Entity Framework
Circular Serializer: serializes graphs of objects and takes care of original values
Editable Business Objects: enhances Plain Old Code Objects to manage original values

Read more here: http://www.sitechno.com/Blog/DisconnectedNTierObjectsUsingEntityFramework.aspx and here: http://www.sitechno.com/Blog/NewSampleApplicationForDisconnectedNtierEntityFrameworkObjects.aspx.

What we need to achieve is work from one domain layer, but create two versions of it. This is not done in source, but by enhancing the dll.
Client side: use Circular Serializer and Editable Business Objects
Server side: use Circular Serializer and PostSharp4EF

The end result would be two solutions (one for the client, one for the server) that both reference the same Domain project (which holds your business objects). When compiling, the correct enhancements need to be executed.

please note that all these steps are simplified when using TFS or nAnt to manage builds where more control is possible

Step 1: get a conditional compilation symbol
Open the proj file of your domain project. Add the following code to it:

   
<PropertyGroup>
       <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);$(SolutionName)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>

This will set your normal constants, but add the solution name to it. As an alternative, you might want to use a <Choose> group and create more elaborate schemes of determining in what context this project is loaded.

Step 2: use conditional attributes
I like to leave my domain objects completely clean, and so I put my enhancement attributes in the assembly info of my Domain project.
The following example is based on solutionnames 'Server' and 'Client'.

#if Server
[assembly: Poco("InheritanceTypeConnection", AttributeTargetAssemblies = "Domain", AttributeTargetTypes = "Domain.*")]
[assembly: CreateSerializeSurrogate("EntityFrameworkContrib.PostSharp4EF.ISerializationHelp, EntityFrameworkContrib.PostSharp4EF", 
AttributeTargetAssemblies = "Domain", AttributeTargetTypes = "Domain.*")]
#endif
#if Client
[assembly: EditableBusinessObjectAttribute(AttributeTargetAssemblies="Domain", AttributeTargetTypes="Domain.*")]
[assembly: CreateSerializeSurrogate("EditableBusinessObjects.Postsharp.Public.IEditableBusinessObject, 
EditableBusinessObjects.Postsharp.Public", AttributeTargetAssemblies="Domain", AttributeTargetTypes="Domain.*")]
#endif

We instruct PostSharp to enhance all objects starting with namespace Domain, in assembly Domain to either use Poco and CircularSerializer or EditableBusinessObjects and CircularSerializer.

(optional) Step 3: Create different configurations so that Domain does not get overwritten
When compiling your solution, the Domain.dll is placed in either Debug or Release folder. However, you are very likely to compile both the client and server solution at the same time. It might be prudent to create a new configuration so that Domain gets placed in different folders.
In the end, the only thing that is important, is the dll that is copied to either the client project or the server project.

Please take a look at the client/server samples that are included with the source code.

UPDATED WIKI: full disconnected n-tier usage

RBoeke — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:52:57 GMT

Disconnected n-tier usage of Entity Framework objects

To enable the use of Entity Framework objects in a disconnected scenario, we use 3 projects together:

PostSharp4EF: enhances Plain Old Code Objects to be understood by Entity Framework
Circular Serializer: serializes graphs of objects and takes care of original values
Editable Business Objects: enhances Plain Old Code Objects to manage original values

   
<PropertyGroup>
       <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);$(SolutionName)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>

#if Server
[assembly: Poco("InheritanceTypeConnection", AttributeTargetAssemblies = "Domain", AttributeTargetTypes = "Domain.*")]
[assembly: CreateSerializeSurrogate("EntityFrameworkContrib.PostSharp4EF.ISerializationHelp, EntityFrameworkContrib.PostSharp4EF", AttributeTargetAssemblies = "Domain", AttributeTargetTypes = "Domain.*")]
#endif
#if Client
[assembly: EditableBusinessObjectAttribute(AttributeTargetAssemblies="Domain", AttributeTargetTypes="Domain.*")]
[assembly: CreateSerializeSurrogate("EditableBusinessObjects.Postsharp.Public.IEditableBusinessObject, EditableBusinessObjects.Postsharp.Public", AttributeTargetAssemblies="Domain", AttributeTargetTypes="Domain.*")]
#endif