Brian Driscoll - Entity Framework 6 Recipes

Entity Framework 6 Recipes

Second Edition

Brian Driscoll

Nitin Gupta

Rob Vettor

Zeeshan Hirani

Larry Tenny

Entity Framework 6 Recipes, Second Edition

Copyright 2013 by Brian Driscoll, Nitin Gupta, Rob Vettor, Zeeshan Hirani, and Larry Tenny

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To Susan, Holden, and Henry who bring me laughter, love, and the occasional banana nut muffin to my work.

Brian Driscoll

To the leading light of my lifeSahibji, and to the most important and lovely part of my life, my wife Nancy and daughter Arushi.

Nitin Gupta

As you might imagine, a great deal of effort goes into writing a book. Across the many months of late-night sessions, many people provided guidance and inspiration: many thanks to Rowan Miller, Program Manager for Microsoft Entity Framework, and to Sergey Barskiy, our fearless technical reviewer, for their technical expertise and oversight. Much appreciation goes to John Mason and Ben Williams from the Microsoft Developer Consulting Team for their technical guidance. A special thanks goes to the Microsoft Premier leadership team: Jeremy Rule, Kevin Carberry, Niel Sutton, and especially Bill Wenger for their inspiration, leadership, and direction. Finally, and most important, all my love goes to my beautiful wife Laura and our very cool twin boys, Jeremy and Nicholas.

Rob Vettor

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