.NET 4 Entity Framework Tutorials

1. Here is what Google returns: 

   Getting Started (Entity Framework)

   msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb386876.aspx

   NET Entity Framework supports data-centric applications and services, and ... by explaining the underlying technologies in the context of the Quickstart tutorial.
   

   Generating Models and ... - Quickstart - Entity Framework Overview

2. Quickstart

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

   ... with the ADO.NET Entity Framework. ... NET Framework, but who are new to theEntity Framework. ... Estimated time to complete this tutorial: 30 minutes.

3. Entity Framework : Official Microsoft Site

   www.asp.net/entity-framework

   NET Entity Framework is an Object/Relational Mapping (ORM) framework that enables... Using the Entity Framework, developers issue queries using LINQ, then ...

4. ADO.NET Entity Framework Tutorial and Basics

   www.codeguru.com/.../ADONET-Entity-Framework-Tutorial-and-Ba...

   Sep 3, 2008 – Discover an ADO.NET Entity Framework tutorial covering basic data operations for applications, including LINQ To Entities, Method ...

5. Entity Framework Tutorial | Packt Publishing Technical & IT Book ...

   www.packtpub.com › Books

   Learn to build a better data access layer with the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services.

6. Amazon.com: Entity Framework Tutorial (9781847195227): Joydip ...

   www.amazon.com › ... › Programming › Graphics & Multimedia

    Rating: 1.8 - 5 reviews - $31.84 - In stock

   Joydip Kanjilal. Joydip Kanjilal is a Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET. He has over 12 years of industry experience in IT with more than 6 years in Microsoft .NET and its ...

7. Tutorial: ADO.NET Entity Framework (with Source Code)

   adoeftutorial.codeplex.com/

   Sep 15, 2010 – Tutorial: ADO.NET Entity Framework. This Tutorial provides information on how to configure and use the ADO.NET Entity Framewok in your ...

8. Entity Framework Tutorials - ASP.NET - ADO.NET Blog - Site Home ...

   blogs.msdn.com › ADO.NET Blog

   Jan 18, 2011 – The ASP.NET team recently produced a great set of tutorials on creating web applications with the Entity Framework. They guide you through ...

9. ADO.NET Entity Framework tutorials - Stack Overflow

   stackoverflow.com/questions/.../ado-net-entity-framework-tutorials

   5 answers - Sep 15, 2008

   Does anyone know of any good tutorials on ADO.NET Entity ... Microsoft offers .NET 3.5 Enhancements Training Kit it contains documentation and ...

10. dotConnect for MySQL Entity Framework Tutorial

    www.devart.com/dotconnect/mysql/articles/tutorial_ef.html

    This tutorial guides you through the process of creating a simple application powered by ADO.NET Entity Framework using Visual Studio 2010. In less than 5 ...

Here are the common steps to creating an Entity framework application
from http://tofannayak.wordpress.com/2011/02/18/entity-framework-tutorial/

• Create the database by hand or using a sql script
• Create a windows form application Solution Explorer with a listbox that will be bound to a datasource. 
• Generate model from database: Solution Explorer, Add, New Item, ADO.NET entity data Model, Add, (Entity Data Model Wizard) Generate from Database Next
• pick datasource and dataprovider
• choose database objects
• Save entity connection settings ... ThisEntities (This sets up the name of the context class  to query)
• produces model-something.edmx

// Create context for queries
ThisEntities context = new ThisEntities();

// query gets back list of entity objects using LINQ
var query = from it in context.Company
            orderby it.CompanyID
            select it;

// now you have collection of objects
foreach (Company comp in query)
  Console.WriteLine("{0} | {1} | {2}", comp.CompanyID, comp.CompanyName, comp.Country);
 

.Include gets information from another table

CrmDemoEntities context = new CrmDemoEntities();

var query = from it in context.Products.Include("ProductCategories")
            orderby it.ProductCategories.CategoryName, it.ProductName
            select it;

foreach (Products product in query)
  Console.WriteLine("{0} | {1} | {2}",
    product.ProductCategories.CategoryName, product.ProductName, product.Price);