Level: Intermediate

Keith Burnell

Senior Software Engineer

Skyline Technologies

Dive into Entity Framework Code First and how it allows you to use Model/Domain Driven development

Entity Framework Code First was dubbed "The Magic Unicorn" by Scott Hanselman because of its ability to allow development of a full database backed application without ever opening SQL Server Management Studio. Magic, right? But how is this even possible?

In this talk Keith will dive into Entity Framework Code First and how it allows you to use Model/Domain Driven development with nothing but POCOs to keep you in Visual Studio and out of SSMS.

You will learn:

• The benefits of keeping your hands in the code and out of the database.
• How Code First allows you to reuse your data validation from the UI through the Data Access layer.
• How to keep their DBA's happy in a Code First environment.