Videos tagged with Sams Publishing

In this episode we are going to take a look at how Entity Framework uses T4 Templates (Text Template Transformation Toolkit) when building out the entity model.We will first learn how EF is using the templates, we will then learn how to view and access these templates and finally we will take a look at how to modify these templates to meet your own specific needs.

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its database first design concepts.When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framework you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your existing database...

In this episode we are going to take a look at how to use the Entity Framework via its model first design concepts.When building out an application which is based off of the Entity framwork you have multiple options, you can either build your model off of your existing database or build your database of your existing model. This episode will explore how you start with your entity model and buil...

In this episode we are going to take a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to export either properties or methods on an object.Having the ability to export only certian properties or methods via MEF provides you another great way to extend your application. You can now have different exports for each use case and you do not need to export the entire class, only parts o...

In this episode we are going to take a look at how you can use MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework) to expose metadata attributes in your exports.Having the ability to expose metadata will give you the ability to make decisions around your exports with this metadata.