Using EF “Code First” with an Existing Database
Last month I blogged about the new Entity Framework 4 “code first” development option. EF “code-first” enables a pretty sweet code-centric development workflow for working with data. It enables you to: Work with data without ever having to open a designer or define an XML mapping file Define model objects by simply writing “plain old classes” with no base classes required Use a “convention over configuration” approach that enables database persistence without explicitly configuring anything In my initial blog post I introduced EF “code-first” and demonstrated how to use the default EF4 mapping conventions to create a new database. These default conventions work very well for new applications, and enable you to avoid having
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Read the complete post at http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2010/08/03/using-ef-code-first-with-an-existing-database.aspx