2. Deep Dive into EF6 | Agenda
Runtime
Open & Release
Demo Post EF6
Source Designer details
features
3. EF Overview | What is EF?
• Recommended technology to connect .NET Microsoft’s
applications to databases Object/Relational
• LINQ against disparate relational databases Mapper
• Make .NET & Windows Azure the best platform for
data centered apps Product goals
• Be the most productive data access API
4. EF6 | Open Source Development
Look mom, it’s Open Source!!!
Git repository at entityframework.codeplex.com
Code under Apache 2.0 license
Nightly builds available
Accepting contributions
Only EF team has commit rights to repo
Contributions go through same code review process as internal changes
13 pull requests, 9 accepted
Currently working to add designer to out Git repo
Only affects how we develop, not how we ship
Same Microsoft branding, license, quality and support at RTM
5. EF6 Runtime | Fully Out-Of-Band
EF5 Runtime EF6 Runtime
Core bits in .NET Framework All classes in NuGet package
In the GAC Core classes copied into new namespace
Some bits in NuGet package Most applications should just work with
(DbContext, Code First, Migrations) recompile, some namespace changes
Providers, frameworks and tools typically
Bin-deployable
need more updates
Major features required .NET All of enums, spatial, TVFs and
Framework Changes! EF5 performance
improvements now work on
.NET 4!
6. EF6 Runtime | New Features
Async query & save Code First improvements
.NET 4.5 Only Custom conventions
Connection resiliency (auto-retry) CUD stored procedure mapping
Dependency resolution Migrations history table
customization
Code-based configuration Multiple contexts per database
Connection & transaction More performance improvements
management in DbContext
7. EF6 Tooling Unification
Model First & Database First
(EF Designer)
Code First – Existing Database
(EF Power Tools)
Code First – New Database (No
Tooling)
8. Getting EF6
Updating existing applications
Code First Stored Procedure Mapping for CUD
Async Query and Save
Code-based configuration
Custom Code First Conventions
9. EF6 | Release Timeline
Alpha 3 of the runtime available now on NuGet
Will keep shipping preview versions every 1 or 2 months
Nightly builds available from NuGet feed on MyGet
EF 6 Tools preview within next couple of months
RTM
In the box in Visual Studio vNext
EF6 Runtime available on NuGet
Works with VS2010/.NET 4 onwards
Downloadable tooling update for Visual Studio 2012
Updates to runtime and designer can be shipped between VS releases
10. Post EF6 potential features - vote @
ef.mswish.net
EF for Windows Store Apps with More flexible LINQ translation
SQLite for local data Implicit boundaries
Also Windows Phone support? Expression variables support
Batch updates Data caching (2nd level cache)
SQL generation improvements First class DDD aggregates
More flexible mapping Disconnected graphs support
Mapping to fields SQL Federations & Sharding
Type conversions Micro-O/RM-like capabilities
Shadow state
Unique constraints
Untyped objects
Serializing to BLOB columns Query hints
Lifecycle hooks ???