With EDMX support fading away, it’s even more important to use code-first as EF7 approaches. Most generators are rigid and don’t provide you any flexibility in how the code is to be generated. But in this course, Code-first Entity Framework with Legacy Databases, we will be using the “Entity-Framework Reverse POCO Generator”, a free visual studio tool, available at www.ReversePoco.com. This generator has been designed from the ground up to be customizable, and produce the code you would have done if you hand-coded it yourself. This course will show you what each of the various settings has on the generated code, and you’ll also learn how to create separate data and model projects, as well as create repositories, unit tests and integration tests. By the end of this course, you will be able to flexibly generate code that meets your needs.
Author Name: Simon Hughes
Author Description:
Simon has been designing, developing software for 26 years in the UK. Simon is currently the lead developer at www.bybox.com where he spends his time creating state of the art wireless warehouse systems. He spent a few years teaching the MSDN courses for Cap Gemini Training. Simon dove into the world of mathematics and created a quantitative risk analysis and explosion modeling software for a leading oil company, and was part of the team who created the Crest settlement bank system. Simon was … more

Table of Contents

• Introduction and Project Overview
  15mins
• Generating Code First Types from an Existing Database
  49mins
• Isolating the Relevant Database Objects
  15mins
• Organizing the Generated Code
  21mins
• Customizing the Generated Code
  31mins
• Working with Entity Framework Migrations
  19mins
• Testing the Code-first Access Layer
  19mins