Entity Framework 4.0 Resources gets a December 2009 Update

Note: Cross posted from IUpdateable from Eric Nelson.

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I have just completed a first round of updates to my popular blog post from September Entity Framework 4.0 Resources – documentation links, best blog posts and more

Pop a comment here or better still in the main post if I missed something cool! (Which no doubt I have)

The following were added:

Overview blog posts/articles

• What’s New in Entity Framework 4, Part 2: Modeling Changes (Nov/Dec 2009)
• Renovations to .NET 4.0's Entity Framework (Nov 2009)
• Entity Sequel (Dec 2009)
• 5 Steps to having a great time with Entity Framework 4 Beta 2 (Dec 2009)

Screencasts and Podcasts

• Agile Entity Framework Part 1: POCO Classes  NotAtPDC.com, 75 min (Nov 2009)
• Agile Entity Framework Part 2: Repositories & Testing  NotAtPDC.com 75 min (Nov 2009)
• Screencast – What’s new in the Entity Data Model Designer in VS2010 20 min. (Oct 2009)
• MSDN Flash Podcast 014 – Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services at TechEd Europe 12mins (Dec 2009)
• Entity Framework 4: Part 1 - Simple Model First 10mins (Nov 2009)
• Øredev chit-chat: Dag König and Julia Lerman 15mins (Nov 2009)
• Evolving ADO.NET Entity Framework in .NET 4 and Beyond 55mins (Nov 2009)

Misc

• Tip 41 – How to execute T-SQL directly against the database (Nov 2009)
• Tip 46 – How to exclude a property using Code-Only (Nov 2009)

Improvements to the Tools/Designer

• T4 Templates in EF4 (Dec 2009)
• Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 - Templated Code Generation (Nov 2009)
• T4 Templates and the answer to life, the universe and everything (Nov 2009)
• Tangible T4 Editor – a life saver (Nov 2009)
• Adding Your Own T4 Templates for EF4 to Visual Studio 2010 (Dec 2009)
• Detailed look by the team at customising Model First generation (Nov 2009)
• Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 – Simple Model First Example (Nov 2009)
• Getting Started with Entity Framework 4 – Complex Types and Entities (Nov 2009)

Persistence Ignorance

• A Simple Mapping (Dec 2009)

Code-only

• Code Only – Further Enhancements (Oct 2009)
• Code Only looking good (Dec 2009)

Foreign Keys

• Detailed look at Foreign keys by the team (Nov 2009)

Query Improvements

• Variable parameters and SQL Server Query Plan cache (Dec 2009)

N-Tier

• EF 4.0 N-Tier Support: Take 2 (Nov 2009)