By Don Kiely, 05/10/2012
Don Kiely tells readers that Entity Framework might be the first ORM tool developers encounters, but it isn't necessarily the one they will use for everyday work.
By Michael K. Campbell, 05/03/2012
Microsoft's Entity Framework and ORMs can provide developers with several different benefits. Learn how to leverage the benefits of an ORM correctly with Michael K. Campbell's ...
By Don Kiely, 04/11/2012
Protect your database login credentials with .NET Framework 4.5's SecureString.
By John Petersen, 03/15/2012
How can you include database artifacts such as tables and stored procedures in source code control and testing for a development project? By using Visual Studio 2010 SQL Server ...
By Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin, 03/08/2012
Richard Campbell and Carl Franklin chat with Cory Fowler, a Microsoft MVP for Windows Azure, who provides insights into running open source PHP web applications on Azure in the ...
By Brian Mains, 02/17/2012
Brian Mains guides you in developing a database-access application architecture using the framework, first introducing Entity Framework's ObjectContext, which handles much of the ...