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  • Class-Level Model Validation with EF Code First and ASP.NET MVC 3

    Class-Level Model Validation with EF Code First and ASP.NET MVC 3

    Dec 10
    10

    Earlier this week the data team released the CTP5 build of the new Entity Framework Code-First library. In my blog post a few days ago I talked about a few of the improvements introduced with the new CTP5 build. Automatic support for enforcing DataAnnotation validation attributes on models was one of the improvements I discussed. It provides a pretty easy way to enable property-level validation logic within your model layer. You can apply validation attributes like [Required], [Range], a...

  • Announcing Entity Framework Code-First (CTP5 release)

    Announcing Entity Framework Code-First (CTP5 release)

    Dec 10
    08

    This week the data team released the CTP5 build of the new Entity Framework Code-First library. EF Code-First enables a pretty sweet code-centric development workflow for working with data. It enables you to: Develop without ever having to open a designer or define an XML mapping file Define model objects by simply writing “plain old classes” with no base classes required Use a “convention over configuration” approach that enables database persistence without explicitly configuring anyt...

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