Code First Pluggable Conventions Prior to publication of this article, Microsoft decided to remove a feature called pluggable conventions from the final version of the Entity Framework 4.1. Available ...

There are three approaches to model your entities in Entity Framework: Code First, Model First, and Database First. This article discusses all these three approaches and their pros and cons.

You can rapidly develop your database design in SQL Management Studio then generate the code model in just few clicks. More recently I’ve come to prefer #1 (or #2) for the following reasons.

This article will explain what the Code First development approach is all about and how to use it in order to implement your data-access layer. The article is based on the Entity Framework Feature ...

The new Entity Framework Code First feature can help you use a more domain-driven approach while building your data tier on top of the Entity Framework. Microsoft said it expected to deliver the new ...