The ADO.NET Entity Framework provides .NET developers with a new means of writing Data Access code using a customizable data model to query and update your data. This introductory session will give you an understanding of what the Entity Framework is all about. You will learn how to build a basic Entity Data Model and inspect it's most important parts and learn basics of querying with Entity SQL and LINQ to Entities. You will also learn how to easily access its highest level of abstraction in common data binding in a variety of application scenarios . Lastly the session will tempt you with the potential of building and using highly customized models as well as what lays beneath the surface of the Entity Framework APIs.

Julie Lerman is an independent consultant and .NET Mentor who has been designing and writing software applications for more than 20 years and is the author of O’Reilly’s Programming Entity Framework . Julie is well known in the .NET community as a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider and INETA Speaker. She is a prolific blogger, a frequent presenter at technical conferences around the world and writes articles for many well-known technical publications. Julie lives in Vermont where she runs the Vermont.NET User Group, is a board member of the Vermont Software Developers Alliance and a member of the Champlain College Software Engineering Advisory Board. You can read Julie’s blog at www.thedatafarm.com/blog.