Best approach for teaching first exposure to Entity Framework

Posted by: Julia Lerman Blog - Dont Be Iffy..., on 20 Oct 2008 | View original | Bookmarked: 0 time(s)

I just returned from conferences in Amsterdam and Bulgaria where one of the sessions I presented at both conferences was an Intro to Entity Framework. Entity Framework is a vast topic and I struggle with how to approach a 60 or 75 minute  intro session. I have contemplated doing a baby-step intro session that just shows a few simple examples - building an Entity Data Model, doing some queries in a Console App, then doing a drag & drop WinForms and a drag & drop (EntityDataSource) web app....

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