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Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL

Why use the Entity Framework? Yeah, why exactly?

Danny Simmons wrote a marketing piece about the project he's been working on for so long: " Why use the Entity Framework? http://weblogs.asp.net/fbouma/archive/2008/05/19/why-use-the-entity-framework-yeah-why-exactly.aspx
The ADO.NET Entity Framework supports data-centric applications and services, and provides a platform for programming against data that raises the level of abstraction from the logical relational level to the conceptual level. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386876.aspx

Getting Started (Entity Framework)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb399182.aspx

Quickstart (Entity Framework)

[This topic is pre-release documentation and is subject to change in future releases. Blank topics are included as placeholders.] This quickstart illustrates a series of tasks that support the topics in Getting Started (Entity Framework) .

Data Points: ADO.NET Entity Framework Overview

New information has been added to this article since publication. Refer to the Editor's Update below. Data Points http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163399.aspx
There are a number of places where you can read an introduction to the Entity Framework, listen to a podcast about it, or watch a screen cast or video of an interview. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dsimmons/archive/2008/05/17/why-use-the-entity-framework.aspx

Why use the Entity Framework?

https://www.simple-talk.com/dotnet/.net-framework/entity-framework-the-cribsheet/

Entity Framework: The Cribsheet

For things you need to know rather than the things you want to know Prasanna Amirthalingam provides an overview of Entity Framework and how it can be used. He shows that it can provide an excellent interface between the Object-oriented model and the relational.
http://elegantcode.com/2009/12/15/entity-framework-poco-ef4-a-simple-mapping/ The latest EF4 CTP released on November 12th includes updated support for POCO’s (Plain Ol’ CLR Objects).

Entity Framework POCO (EF4): A Simple Mapping