I know that EFv4 is still in Beta2, but I would like to hear your opinions: When are you considering to make the move from EFv1 to EFv4? Are you waiting for the final version of .NET Framework 4.0? Will you move (or planning to move) your current project's Data Acess from EFv1 to EFv4? When will you start? Would you use current EFv4 Be...
I currently enjoy working with NHibernate + Fluent NHibernate. I considered Entity Framework v1 because of its mature Linq support but I do not like working with clicky designers; and it did not support POCO, anyway. Now EF v4 does support POCOs; however, does it still require to use designers? Well, maybe I can edit those XML files but ...
The initial release of the Entity Framework wasn't regarded well in the development community. Developers felt a number of things were left out, and many continued to use other ORM's, such as LINQ To SQL and NHibernate. The good news, however, is that Microsoft has been hard at work on the 4.0 release of Entity Framework, which will brin...
Now that Entity Framework 4.0 is coming out I was wondering, if you were planning to use EF 4.0 when it is released would it be easier to go from LinqToSQL to EF 4.0 or EF 3.5 to 4.0? In other words if you were starting a project now anticipating using EF4.0 would you use LinqToSQL or EF3.5 now? ...