A Look Inside Entity Framework 4.0
By: Brandon Brown

A new version of Entity Framework will be available with the upcoming release of Visual Studio 2010 in April. During this presentation we will look at a number of the new features in this release with the primary focus being on T4 template based code generation. These features include:

• Better N-Tier Support with Self-Tracking Entities
• Persistence Ignorance
• Lazy Loading
• POCO Change-Tracking
• T4 Template Based Code Generation
• Model-First & Code Only Development

About Brandon Brown - Brandon Brown is the Chief Software Architect and founder of Customer of Velocity, a software company providing sales force automation for the residential home building industry. He also consults as a Microsoft "Subject Matter Expert" for Apex Systems, one of the top 10 placement firms in the US. Brandon has 15 years of experience as a software architect and systems designer and travels the country teaching Microsoft technologies to Apex employees and consultants.