Entity Framework Learning Materials (continued)
I first posted about some learning materials just recently and during the time between then and now I discovered some more good introductory material that can be found on Stefan Cruysbergh’s personal web site. Stefan has produced a three part series to introducing the basics in the Entity Framework and then some more detailed investigation in the final instalment of his series of posts. Stefan also has a blog separate to his web site.
If you read my previous post listing Julie Lerman’s tutorials and the DNR TV episodes with Dan Simmons you should find this series of posts from Stefan a nice accompaniment to those.
I have Julie’s book on order and look forward to reading that when it arrives and a few more are now starting to surface. Joydip Kanjilal has a tutorial and Roger Jennings is working on a book as is Jim Wightman and MS Press have one on the way also.
Also, I have also recently posted about a new version of my implementation of the Specification Pattern for Entity Framework that enables the use of that pattern to build dynamic queries and test Entities for equality. Currently I am working on the Repository Pattern to accompany the Specification Pattern and will also get around to working on NHibernate like Fetching Strategies as per my LINQ To SQL framework that included all three features. Download the code for an early look at the refactor here.
