How should I get started learning about ADO.NET Entity Framework?

Question

So here I am just about to start a big project using LINQ to SQL and then I read this:

Is LINQ to SQL Truly Dead? by Jonathan Allen for InfoQ.com

Well, I don

Answer 1

Books

Are there no books published yet that teach the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework?

Programming the Microsoft® ADO.NET Entity Framework http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/418vMwHm9nL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
Programming the Microsoft® ADO.NET Entity Framework (PRO-Developer)
by David Sceppa
Dec 10, 2008

Programming Entity Framework http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51j8llSWYyL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
Programming Entity Framework
by Julia Lerman
Jan 15, 2009

Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21ALxQeeJWL._SL160_AA115_.jpg
Professional ADO.NET 3.5 with LINQ and the Entity Framework
by Roger Jennings
Feb 9, 2009

Pro SQL Server 2008 Entity Framework (Pro) http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Q1111Df8L._SL160_AA115_.jpg
Pro SQL Server 2008 Entity Framework (Pro)
by Jim Wightman
Mar 2, 2009

Answer 2

Search in Google Books and have a preview read of PRO ADO.NET Entity Framework 4.0 book. It looks quite good. Here the a link.

http://books.google.co.in/books?id=mJwXCgFhtPMC&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false

Answer 3

How Do I...? Videos

• How Do I Get Started with the Entity Framework?
• How Do I Use the new Entity Data Source?
• How Do I Serialize a Graph with the Entity Framework?
• How do I use Entity Client?
• ADO.NET Entity Designer Video - CTP 2

Webcasts

• MSDN Webcast: Framework Masterclass: LINQ to Entities (Level 200)

Answer 4

Conference Sessions

PDC 2008 Entity Framework Futures session

Answer 5

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