ASP.Net Data Access Content Map

A small guide on data access wit Entity Framework and SQL Server for ASP.Net on MSDN.

The topics contains the following sections:

• Getting Started with Data Access in ASP.NET

• Using the Entity Framework

  • Using Entity Framework Code First

  • Using Entity Framework Code First Migrations

  • Using Entity Framework Database First or Model First (the EF Designer)

  • Loading Related data in Entity Framework (Lazy Loading, Eager Loading, and Explicit Loading)

  • Optimizing Entity Framework Performance

  • Handling Concurrency in an Entity Framework Application

  • Books about the Entity Framework

  • Additional Entity Framework resources

• Data Binding in ASP.NET Web Forms Applications

  • Using Web Forms Model Binding

  • Using Web Forms Data Source Controls

  • Using Web Forms Data-Bound Controls and Data-Binding Expressions

• Working with SQL Server Databases

  • Working with SQL Server Express LocalDB Databases

  • Working with SQL Server Express Databases

  • Working with Windows Azure SQL Database

  • Choosing between SQL Server and Windows Azure SQL Database

• Working with NoSQL Database Management Systems

• Using LINQ queries in ASP.NET Applications

• Using Dynamic Data scaffolding

• Securing Data Access

• Optimizing Data Access Performance

• Deploying a Database

• Accessing Data through a Web Service

• Additional Resources