Working with the ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 using Visual Basic 2010

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number

---

Overview/Description
The ADO.NET Entity Framework provides developers with the tools and framework elements they need to create unique, flexible data applications, while minimizing the amount of code required. This course explores the various ways you can employ the ADO.NET Entity Framework to develop and optimize data applications. Specific topics covered include Entity Data Models, ADO.NET Object Services, POCO support, the EntityClient Provider and Connection Strings, and WCF Data Services. This course is one of a series in the SkillSoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Technology Specialist: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Exam 70-516. Passing this exam will earn the learner credit towards the MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access certification.

Target Audience
All organizations or individual consultants who are building or intend to build .NET Framework 4 applications with ADO.NET, Visual Studio 2010, and Visual Basic 2010; corporate employees, consultants, and university or college students who are preparing for the Technology Specialist: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Exam 70-516

Prerequisites
Thorough knowledge of software-development concepts and the process of building business applications; experience of building data applications with the Microsoft .NET Framework; working experience of Visual Studio 2010 and Visual Basic 2010

Expected Duration (hours)
2.5

Lesson Objectives

Working with the ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 using Visual Basic 2010

recognize the key features of the ADO.NET Entity Framework

create an Entity Data Model

create a database using an Entity Framework model

update the Entity Data Model using the Update Model Wizard

edit the .edmx file manually by adding a defining query

map entity model operations to stored procedures

create complex types

add a function to the .edmx file

complete the code to build an object query against the Entity Data Model

identify the code used to shape query results

identify how code is used to ensure changed data is written back to the data store and transactions are managed

identify the code used to customize data classes for use with an Entity Data Model

incorporate POCOs in a data model

|INS work with POCOs |/INS

recognize key code elements associated with the EntityClient Provider

recognize key Connection String parameters

generate an Entity Data Model (EDM)

complete an object query

perform coding task to ensure changed data is written back to the data store

use key classes and commands associated with the EntityProvider class

|INS create data services |/INS

|INS enable access to data services |/INS

|INS query data services |/INS

Course Number:
sd_advb_a07_it_enus