Looking for examples of ASP.NET MVC applications with the Entity Framework

Question

Are there any open-source examples of ASP.NET MVC applications that use the Entity Framework? I have found Nerd Dinner to be helpful but it is using Linq to SQL.

I am trying to use the Entity Framework in a strongly-typed ASP.NET MVC project and am finding that anything beyond the simple tutorial becomes rather difficult to implement. I am thinking that if I could see some slightly more complex example code, that would help me a great deal. I am particularly interested in examples that are "real-world" and have to deal with multiple data tables when performing data entry/updates. Is anyone familiar with a good source for this information?

So far in my experience, I have not used much ASP.NET MVC but have been using the Entity Framework for about 8 months.

Answer 1

Here is what I found so far

ASP.NET MVC Example Application over Northwind with the Entity Framework

Same article but possibly newer?

Answer 2

The EF team, in conjunction with P&P, are currently in the process of developing an EF (version 4) data access reference implementation that uses ASP.NET MVC as the front-end.

The project will be made available iteratively on CodePlex here:

http://dataguidance.codeplex.com/

We haven't yet made our first source drop but it will be happening within the next couple of weeks.

UPDATE: We have now dropped code - please be advised that it should be considered alpha quality and is subject to change.

Answer 3

You might check out MvcCms at http://mvccms.codeplex.com. It isn't officially released until July but there is source code available.

Answer 4

There's also the MVC Music Store now: http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/ that shows MVC2 and EF4.

Answer 5

http://asp.net/mvc has recently been updated with the music store, and the examples now use EF.

Answer 6

This example: http://mvcmusicstore.codeplex.com/releases/view/44445#DownloadId=121650

This book: http://apress.com/book/view/9781430228868

This walkthrough/blog is fun too: http://blog.wekeroad.com/mvc-storefront

Answer 7

Here is more complete tutorial with edit/delete http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/dhananjaycoder/AuthorContactManager06102009052732AM/AuthorContactManager.aspx