Programming Entity Framework

I've really been wanting to share the acknowledgements from my book with a wider audience than just the readers of my book (or for that matter, just the readers who happen to even bother reading the Preface. ;)). So, here they are: Where do I begin? I have had great help and support from many people...

The book is already in print and I have a small box of them that I got last week. But still... there's something about Amazon's status that really denotes if the book is live or just memorex. So I was certainly happy to see this a short while ago: Of course Amazon isn't the only place to buy books. ;...

Although the digital version of my book, Programming Entity Framework, is now live on Safari , it seems that the full PDF download is still only that of the Rough Cut that has been online since this fall. If you download the PDF, please compare it to the chapters that are displayed online. The Rough...

I just went to check for new feedback on the Rough Cuts for my book and saw that the feedback is gone and the final version of the book is available. That means that the Rough Cuts readers now have access to the final version of the book as well. Safari subscribers, too. The physical book won't be back...

Below is the TOC for first edition. If you'd like to see the chapter list for the 2nd Edition, check the blog entry : Chapter List for 2nd Edition Preface Ch 1: Introducing the ADO.NET Entity Framework Programming Against a Model, Not Against the Database The Entity Data Model: A Client-Side Data Model...

I'm working back and forth with the production editor at O'Reilly to put the final touches on my book. She tells me it heads to the printer next Friday. What ever will I do with myself after next week? ;-) Pre-Order through Amazon Pre-Order through O'Reilly's web site...

Nearly three years ago, I wrote the following blog post: Reason # 4218 why I don't think I'll ever write a book From Chris Sells' blog: Then Mike read all 1300 pages, making sure that the copy editor didn't change the meaning of anything. With the PDFs in hand, we both read the ~1000 pages again (the...

While I was writing my book ( Programming Entity Framework ), I kept track of the page count in a spreadsheet. But I stopped counting a few months ago when the first draft of was nearly done. At that point, I still had to write the intro chapter (chapter 1) and the preface, add most of the C# code and...

I just noticed that 6 more chapters are available on the Rough Cuts site for my book, Programming Entity Framework. Advanced Entity Data Models Implementing Stored Procedures: Beyond the Basics Entities in Web and WCF Services Relationships and Associations Making it Real: Connections, Transactions,...

A reader of the Rough Cuts edition of my book, with only 9 chapters out of 23 available so far, was not able to find the database scripts for the book's sample databases and because of this, to my great dismay, placed a 2-star review of the book on the O'Reilly site. Boy does that sting! The good news...