ASP.net MVC 2 Entity Framework Multi-Table Tutorial

Question

I am new to ASP.net and MVC 2, and have understood the basic concepts of how views, routes, and controllers are implemented in it. I have big problems with MVC 2 "Models", although due to the fact that I always avoided ORM.

Please point me to some good ASP.net MVC web application tutorials that use the ADO.net Entity Framework with many tables. In particular, I want to better understand the structure of the repository and how to insert / update data in the corresponding several tables. (The NerdDinner tutorial was unsatisfactory).

(PS: I prefer textbooks in C #, but VB is also okay).

Answer 1

There is probably no example with a large number of tables, because each author shows only the concept, but I think the following examples are more complex (with many layers) than NerdDinner.

http://thedatafarm.com/blog/data-access/agile-entity-framework-4-repository-part-1-model-and-poco-classes/

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/ASP_NET_MVC_WITH_EF.aspx

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/ef4

http://kigg.codeplex.com/

http://kandaalpha.codeplex.com/

http://1code.codeplex.com/

Worth a look at

http://nsk.codeplex.com/

http://codecampserver.codeplex.com/

http://mvctimeplanner.codeplex.com/

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

This is not a question about MVC, but about ORM in general. Check out “LINQ in action” from Manning Publications to learn more about LINQ or read elsewhere about nHibernate.

A simple tutorial just won't do, because the topic is too big. Even the middle book did not contain all its features (but MSDN and this forum remained)