>>I will look for this key information "code first" to determine what to watch. Your comment "the designer is gone" sounds odd. But I know it is just that I know nothing about EF that it confuses me. Thank you!
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>Actually there are two methods of defining EF data:
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>-Code first
>-Database first
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>Code first means that you create the objects - just classes that define the properties of the data, and then generate the database.
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>Database first is the opposite.
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>Once you do that, the app is the same, no matter which method you used to define the data.
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From Craig's blog, the Code First is the only approach in the new version of EF. So, my understanding is that "database first' is gone. Therefore, even though I am dealing with an existing database, I have to learn how to create EF using Code First. I think.
Thank you.
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