Pluralsight Entity Framework and Data Models

This course looks at why you use Entity Framework, creating entity data models from a database, and creating a conceptual data model by describing the entities in your applications and then creating a database from that description.

 

Getting Started with Entity Framework and Entity Data Models		00:24:42
Goals of this module		00:30
Why Entity Framework?		01:21
Goals of this module		03:35
Entity Framework's Model Metadata		07:04
Approaches to Model Creation		02:05
Exploring a Model in the Designer		01:24
Where Does Entity Data Model Fit In Your Applications?		07:22
Executing Code and Watching the Database Activity		00:30
Entity Framework Everywhere		00:42
Summary		00:09
Creating Database First Entity Data Models		00:32:54
Introduction		00:40
Review Model Creation Options		00:55
Creating the database first model		03:10
Looking at the model created by the wizard		02:33
Entities mapped to database views		00:47
Entities mapped to database tables		00:36
Navigation properties and associations		00:36
Mappings to the database		01:47
Modifying an entity's property		00:58
Exploring Relationships		02:25
Foreign Keys and Navigation Properties		01:21
Pluralization of entities and navigation properties		02:09
Self-Referencing Associations		00:33
Many to Many Relationship		01:07
Looking at the model's raw XML		04:54
Properties of entity properties		01:34
Making modifications to the conceptual model		02:13
Updating the Model from the Database		03:44
Summary		00:41
Resources		00:11
Model-First Entity Data Models		00:34:24
Goals of this module		00:31
Review modeling options		00:59
Creating a model from scratch		01:25
Creating entities from the Toolbox		00:48
Creating entities using the wizard		02:55
Entity properties		02:12
StoreGeneratedPattern property		04:26
Defining relationships between entities		05:14
Model metadata prior to generating database schema		01:54
Generating the database schema from the model		06:15
Inspecting the model metadata after generating the schema		00:59
Executing the DDL (SQL script) to build the database		00:54
Model and database cascade deletes		01:41
Modifying the model and recreating the database schema		01:20
The Entity Designer Database Generation Power Pack and Summary		01:48
Summary and Resources		01:03