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

 

Full Day EF Workshop, Montreal, Dec 5, 2005

Monday, August 04 2008        

This workshop is part of the DevTeach Conference to be held in Montreal, QC Dec 1-5. The full day post-conference workshop will be held on Friday, Dec 5th. Microsoft’s new ADO.NET Entity Framework by Julia Lerman Friday Dec. 5th, 2008, 09:00 - 17:00 Location: Marriott chateau Champlain Room: Salon...

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Full Day Entity Framework Workshop, Las Vegas, Nov 10 2008

Monday, August 04 2008        

This workshop is part of the DevConnections conference in Las Vegas. The full day pre-conference workshop will be held on Monday, November 10th. It is part of the Data Access track that will be held throughout the conference. VPR202: ADO.NET Entity Framework: 0-60 (9 AM - 4 PM) Add'l Fee $399 Julia Lerman...

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Writing about Entity Framework Relationships

Tuesday, July 15 2008        

I have finally finished what has been, so far, the most difficult chapter of my book. It is a chapter about Relationships and Associations in the Entity Framework. Relationships as a first class citizen in an API is a pretty novel thing for me (and many) and judging from the percentage of questions in...

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Cool! I'm on Amazon.com

Wednesday, June 18 2008        

I have no idea when this went on to Amazon, but it's there now. I STILL don't have a cover which is frustrating. And Amazon seems to have given me some extra time to finish my book! The "about the author" seems funny to me. I guess since, unlike some people , I don't have 80 books under my belt (LINQ...

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Programming Entity Framework: 300 pages and counting

Thursday, June 12 2008        

I just added my latest completed chapter ( Advanced Modelling and Stored Procedures ) into my spreadsheet where I keep track of my progress. When I added the page count (56! - Heck, stored procs deserve their own book anyway) the total added up to exactly 300 pages. I'm getting there but I still have...

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What? I'm supposed to memorize it all?

Saturday, May 24 2008        

It's always funny to google for a solution to a problem and find your own blog post pop up with the answer. I had to use an Entity SQL JOIN query today and I just went back to Chapter 5 to get a reminder of how to construct them. It's not the first time I've taken advantage of what is currently my own...

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Okay, so I'm writing a book

Thursday, February 28 2008        

I finally gave in and am writing a book about Entity Framework. The publisher is O'Reilly Press and the pub date is Oct. 2008.

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Teaching EF at TechEd 2008

Wednesday, February 20 2008        

I found out recently that I will be giving not one, but two sessions related to Entity Framework at TechEd 2008 US Developer.

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Book Blog Posts

Tuesday, January 01 2008        
Cross-posted from my Don't Be Iffy Blog from the Book category.

Conferences and Workshops

Tuesday, January 01 2008        

I speak at a number of conferences throughout the year at home and around the world. I also occasionally teach a full day workshop on Entity Framework that is generally before or after some of these conferences. I'm also available to teach this (or a customized) workshop or do other mentoring at your...

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