Hopefully if you're reading this you've noticed that I've started a series of Tips recently. The Tips will mostly apply to Entity Framework.
Seeing as I expect to have a lots of tips, it probably makes sense to have some sort of index. That is what this is post is, as I add a new tip I will add it to this page too.
If you have any suggested topics for tips please let me know by leaving a comment or emailing me directly at Microsoft (Alexj is my alias at Microsoft, and emails at Microsoft are in the form alias@microsoft.com)
Without further ado here are what I have so far:
Tip 25 – How to get Entities by key the easy way
Tip 24 – How to get the ObjectContext from an Entity
Tip 23 – How to fake Enums in EF 4
Tip 22 - How to make Include really Include
Tip 21 – How to use the Single() operator – EF 4.0 only
Tip 20 – How to deal with Fixed Length Keys
Tip 19 – How to use Optimistic Concurrency with the Entity Framework
Tip 18 – How to decide on a lifetime for your ObjectContext
Tip 17 – How to do one step updates with AttachAsModified(..)
Tip 16 – How to mimic .NET 4.0’s ObjectSet
Tip 15 - How to avoid loading unnecessary Properties
Tip 14 - How to cache Entity Framework Reference Data
Tip 13 - How to Attach an Entity the easy way
Tip 12 - How to choose an Inheritance Strategy
Tip 11 - How to avoid Relationship Span
Tip 10 - How to understand Entity Framework jargon
Tip 9 - How to delete an object without retrieving it
Tip 8 - How to write 'WHERE IN' style queries using LINQ to Entities
Tip 7 - How to fake Foreign Key Properties in .NET 3.5 SP1
Tip 6 - How and when to use eager loading
Tip 5 - How to restrict the types returned from an EF Query
Tip 4 - Conceptual Schema Definition Language Rules
Tip 3 - How to get started with T4
Tip 2 - Entity Framework Books
Tip 1 - How to sort Relationships in the Entity Framework
Enjoy.