The Book, The Training


Julie Lerman is recognized as the foremost expert outside of Microsoft on Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework.

Julie is available to mentor your company whether you are trying to choose a data access platform or are ready to implement Entity Framework into your architecture.

Reviews of Programming Entity Framework, 1st Edition:

"... extract real value from the EF now. "

Danny Simmons, Dev Manager for the Entity Framework Team

Programming Entity Framework is one of the best technical books I've seen in quite a long time.
Jesse Liberty, Silverlight Development Community Liaison and Author
Julie has done an amazingly comprehensive job covering all aspects of using the ADO.NET Entity Framework. This is sure to become the canonical reference book on the subject.
Bob Beauchemin, Developer Skills Partner, SQLskills
"Whatever your view of the technology, though, you need to get this book if you care at all about the area." read full review
David Chappell, .NET Industry Guru

"One of the best ways to learn about the Entity Framework..." read full review
Scott Mitchell, MSDN Magazine, July 2009

 

Get all three of my EF books for 1/2 price TODAY

Thursday, August 22 2013        

OReilly has a special promo. EBook versions of all three of my EF titles, 50% off!...

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EF Code First Book (Ebook) 1/2 price today (April 25) at O’Reilly

Thursday, April 25 2013        

Deal of the Day Discover Our 5-Star Ebooks for 2013 Save 50% on the Top 25 – Today Only We keep a running tally of our top-performing, five-star titles. These are the books that have most impressed and earned praise from readers like you . We're now sharing the list with the added incentive of a special...

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Full Day Entity Framework Workshop Nov 2 at DevConnections

Friday, October 19 2012        

There’s still time to register for my post-conference workshop at DevConnections. VPS301: Entity Framework in the Enterprise: A Day of Guidance for Avoiding and Solving the Big Problems HANDS-ON, BRING YOUR OWN LAPTOP (9:00 AM - 4:00 PM) Add'l Fee $425.00 Entity Framework’s default behaviors work wonderfully...

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New Entity Framework in the Enterprise Course on Pluralsight

Friday, October 19 2012        

Well..new as in published last month but I never blogged about it. This is a 3hr16 minute course called “ Entity Framework in the Enterprise ”. Learn how Entity Framework fits into your overall software solution when using enterprise level architecture. You'll see how to implement DDD Bounded Contexts...

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DbContext book is online!

Friday, February 24 2012        

The digital version of Programming Entity Framework: DbContext is now available directly from O’Reilly Media at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022237.do . The was a nice surprise since production only sent the final manuscript to the print production department yesterday. The print version might...

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DbContext book status

Sunday, February 19 2012        

Things are moving again! Our publisher had a production backup due to some staffing changes. Rowan and I are now reviewing the first version of the production manuscript (that is after they’ve converted our Microsoft Word documents into a single doc formatted for the final printing). We’ve got a PDF...

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new EF Validations video on Pluralsight

Friday, February 10 2012        

My newest course is live on Pluralsight.com . This one is all about performing data layer validations in EF 4.1 (4.2, 4.3) using the Validation API that’s part of the DbContext. Data Layer Validation with Entity Framework 4.1+ Working with the DbContext Validation API (total 1 hr 54 m) Module 1: Data...

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Ebook of code first book, 1/2 price today on O’Reilly site

Friday, December 09 2011        
From @OReillyMedia: Ebook Deal of the Day (Dec 9, 2011): Programming Entity Framework: Code First - $7.49 (Save 50%) http://oreil.ly/swjSwq

downloads for code first book

Wednesday, November 30 2011        

The downloads samples are available for Programming Entity Framework: Code FIrst on the downloads page of this website. Rowan and I are busy working on the next book (Programming Entity Framework:  DbContext API) right now. Hopefully it will go into production in the next week or two....

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Programming Entity Framework: Code First edition is now available as an ebook!

Monday, November 21 2011        

O’Reilly Media pushed the e-book versions (PDF, mobi (for kindle) & others) of Programming Entity Framework Code First live this morning! You can get it at http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022220.do . The print version should be available soon. Print is also available for pre-order on the OReilly...

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