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Download ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature CTP 1

Extending Entity Framework 4.0 Beta 1 in .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1

Jun 23, 2009 10:44 GMT  ·  By
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Following the availability of the first Beta builds of the Microsoft development platform and tools, the company is now offering developers a taste of the ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature. ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature Community Technology Preview 1 is designed to integrate with .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 and Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, the latter being an optional prerequisite, only for devs that need design time templates. With the ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature CTP 1, Microsoft is essentially offering a collection of new features designed to extend the Entity Framework 4.0 Beta 1, which ships by default with .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1.

“We are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Entity Framework Feature CTP 1 for the .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1. This Feature CTP enables a number of scenarios that we've mentioned previously and now have a set of walkthroughs for everybody to start playing with the features: 1) Better N-Tier Support with Self Tracking Entities; 2) POCO (Plain Old CLR Objects) entity code generation via the POCO Template; 3) Writing only code and having it work with the Entity Framework via Code Only,” revealed Carl Perry, Program Manager, Entity Framework.

In mid-May 2009, the first Beta development milestones of Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 became available for download. None of the capabilities offered through the ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature CTP 1 are included in the successor of .NET Framework 3.5. Developers should also know that Microsoft doesn't plan to merge the Entity Framework Feature into version 4.0 of .NET.

“We weren’t able to ship these capabilities in the .NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 so we’ve decided to release them alongside the Beta. This CTP is an early preview of these features and as such we’re looking for lots of feedback on these components. This functionality is currently not scheduled to be part of the .NET Framework 4.0 and we expect to release another CTP of these features based on the feedback we get from you,” Perry added.

ADO.NET Entity Framework Feature Community Technology Preview 1 is available for download here.

.NET Framework 4.0 Beta 1 is available for download here.

Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 is available for download here.