Scott Hanselman

This week Scott sits down with the Lead Dev and Lead PM for Entity Framework 4.1 (Magic Unicorn Edition!) to talk about the improvements from the first version. What's improved and changed? What do they think about NHibernate or just doing SQL on your own?

Also, check out the video interview with Jeff Derstadt on Hanselminutes on 9!

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Links:

• Walkthrough of EF 4.1 Code First
• VIDEO: Entity Framework 4.1 Release Candidate with Go-Live (with Final Release to follow in a month)
• Blogs:
• One Unicorn - A blog from Arthur Vickers, an EF Team Member
• David DeWinter's Blog
• Entity Framework Feature Suggestions
• Entity Framework MSDN Forum
• Entity Framework Team Blog
• Julie Lerman's Blog
• Rowan Miller's Blog

Plus, you can get Entity Framework from NuGet and use it in your project immediately.

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About Scott

Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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