Entity Framework Tutorial by Joydip Kanjilal - A Review

Joydip Kanjilal has just published a book entitled "Entity Framework Tutorial" by PACKT Publishing (ISBN 978-1-847195-22-7). This is a review of the book by John Kilgo of DotNetJohn.Com.
By: John Kilgo Spacer Date: December 7, 2008Spacer

The subtitle of this book is "Learn to build a better data access layer with the ADO.NET Entity Framework and ADO.NET Data Services". The book fulfills this objective quite well.

The book is divided into the following chapters:

  1. Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework
  2. Getting Started
  3. Entities, Relationships, and the Entity Model
  4. Working with Stored Procedures in the Entity Data Model
  5. Working with Entity Client and Entity SQL
  6. Working with LINQ to Entities
  7. Working with the Object Services Layer
  8. Introducing ADO.NET Data Services

Each chapter builds on information presented in previous chapters which makes the book easy to follow. The author uses a Payroll database throughout the book. This makes it very easy to follow a consistent development of the Entity Framework presentation and example code and explanations. Although it does not seem to be mentioned in the book, scripts for creating the payroll database and other files are available for download from www.Packtpub.com..

The best thing I like about the book is that it is not a long-winded explanation of every aspect of the subject. Coverage is complete, but it is accomplished by using many screen prints, step-by-step instructions, printed source files, and other items that aid in quick comprehension of what the Entity Framework is and how to use it to best advantage.

All together this is a very well conceived book and well worth its price.