About Part 6

6th part is about 12 min in length. Covers Entity SQL, LINQ to Entities and EF4 new feature of using database built in functions & user defined functions UDF. And how to use them with LINQ to Entities.

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Ahmed Mosa (my brother) a SQL Server & BI specialist produces a series of Arabic screencasts about different topics related to SQL Server. Find links below.

• Microsoft SQL Server– Part 1 Database Infrastructure
• Microsoft SQL Server– Part 2 Database Infrastructure
• SQL Server Part 1 Database Partitioned Table
• SQL Server Part 2 Database Partitioned Table
• SQL Server Ranking Functions Part 1 – Ranking Function – RowNumber

He’s also working on recording more screencasts so keep tuned through his RSS and his Youtube channel

About Part 5

Fifth part is about 9:45 min in length. Part 5. Covers EDM -Entity Data Model- showing its elements (SSDL, CSDL & MSL). Also this screencast shows how to query your conceptual model using LINQ to Entities.

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About Part 4

Fourth part is about 10 min in length. Covers how to implement table per hierarchy inheritance model (TPH) with Entity Framework 4.0

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About Part 3

Third part is about 8:20 min in length. Covers how to use stored procedures with EF4 to do CRUD operations on the database. The demo shows how to do mapping to existing stored procedures. The Demo also shows how to use IntilleTrace to view executed statements made by EF object services.

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About Part 2

Second part is about 6:30 min in length. Covers Object Services and how to do CRUD operations using EF 4.0 object services. The demo explores EF change tracking capabilities. The demo also shows how to map return result of a stored procedure to existing entity in your EDM.

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Introduction

I finally decided not to wait till I finish the whole recording which it seems is going to take some good time. And so I started to split this recording session/screencast into multiple parts and post them.

About Part 1

First part is about 10 min in length. And is an introduction to Entity Framework 4.0 with brief about its short history. This part also include a demo about new vs2010 designer enhancements for EF4. Also the screencast shows how to do a refactor to complex type using EDM designer.

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Last week I introduced a new screencast on another OData Developer tool. It was about how to use LinqPad to query OData service with C#, LINQ & WCF Data Services Client APIs.

The screencast shows how to use LinqPad to connect to and query OData Services using LINQ and WCF Data Services Client APIs. Showing how LinqPad can be useful as a developer tool to test queries against any OData Service.

I case you missed it, you can watch it on ODataPrimer website. You can also download an HD video (~48Mbs). The package contains 2 videos. One of them is the one hosted and it’s a 10 min video. And the other is ~14 min. I had to trim it to fit into youtube. The 14 min video contains additional stuff in case you are interested.

You can also subscribe to ODataPrimer channel on yourtube for future updates and videos.

Hope you’ll enjoy it.

Last week I introduced a screencast talking about OData Visualizer Extension for VS2010 on http://odataprimer.com community.

It’s a How-To video on how to download, install and start working with OData Visualizer Extension for Visual Studio.Net 2010. OData Visualizer is an extension for VS2010 made by Microsoft Data Modeling team

I case you missed it, you can watch it on ODataPrimer website. You can also download an HD video (~35Mbs).

You can also subscribe to ODataPrimer channel on yourtube for future updates and videos.

Hope you’ll enjoy it.