Slide 1 - Rowan MillerProgram ManagerEntity Framework 7

• Entity Framework 7
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Slide 2 - This is a level 200 session

• Not an intro to EF
• Not a deep dive
• This is an EF7 session
• Preview of what’s ahead in EF7
• Not a look at current stable releases
• Setting Expectations

Slide 3 - What is EF7

• Demos
• Next steps
• Agenda

Slide 4 - New PlatformsNew Data Stores

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Slide 5 - Full .NET Framework

• ASP.NET 5
• Windows 10 UAP
• Mac
• Linux
• New Platforms

Slide 6 - Relational & non-relational

• Not a magic abstraction
• High level services that are useful on all/most stores
• Non-common concerns handled by provider extensions
• Example providers
• Relational (SQL Server, SQLite, Postgres, etc.)
• Azure Table Storage
• Redis
• In Memory (for testing)
• New Data Stores

Slide 7 - Same experience built over a new lightweight and extensible core

Slide 8 - Same top level experience as EF6.x

• Still DbContext/DbSet etc.
• New core
• Core = metadata, change tracking, query pipeline, etc.
• Easier to replace/extend components
• Replace confusing APIs & behavior
• Optimized for memory and CPU usage
• Pay-per-play components
• New Core

Slide 9 - Batching during SaveChanges

• Unique constraints
• Client eval in LINQ queries
• SQL Server sequences
• Shadow state
• New Features

Slide 10 - Demos

Slide 11 - DemoLogging

Slide 12 - DemoSaveChanges improvements

Slide 13 - DemoRaw SQL improvements

Slide 14 - DemoShadow state

Slide 15 - DemoNew Platforms

Slide 16 - Learn more about EF7

• aka.ms/AboutEF7
• Get involved in the project
• github.com/aspnet/EntityFramework
• Source code
• Nightly builds
• Design notes
• Demo source code
• github.com/rowanmiller/UnicornStore
• Where to Next

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