- Reduce start up time by loading finished code first models from a persistent cache
- Fluent API to define indexes
- DbFunctions.Like() to enable writing LINQ queries that translate to LIKE in SQL
- Migrate.exe should support -script option
- EF6 does not work with primary key from sequence
- Update error numbers for SQL Azure Execution Strategy
- Bug: Retrying queries or SQL commands fails with “The SqlParameter is already contained by another SqlParameterCollection”
- Bug: Evaluation of DbQuery.ToString() frequently times out in the debugger

2 Entity Framework Alternatives (or Give Me Data!) 

5 Entity Framework Performance Tips 

Like-operator in Entity Framework Core 2.0  

Entity Framework Core 2.0 vs. Dapper performance benchmark, querying SQL Azure tables 

I love Entity Framework. I also like (not love) nHibernate. That’s right, as a DBA and data professional, I’m telling you I love Object/Relational Mapping tools (ORM). I think this is a technology set that the DBA needs to more tightly embrace. Let me tell you why. 

Entity Framework: Improving Performance when Saving Data to Database 

One repository per domain
Save/Update method in repositories
Repositories that return IQueryable
Repositories that return view models/DTOs 

 

I’m Leaving the EF Team, But Still Working on .NET