Adding Metadata to Entities in The Data Model Sometimes I’m being asked how to add metadata to a generated entity in Entity Framework. This metadata can be data annotation or other attributes which can help the developer during runtime. One answer that I give is to edit the T4 template in order to add the attributes. This solution can be combined with the building of an extension to Entity Framework designer which can add more details to the EDM. But it can take some time to develop. Another solution...
Create Your First Dynamic Data Entities Web Application Two weeks ago I was asked if there is a way to build a web back office quickly. One thing that popped into my mind was the new ASP.NET Dynamic Data framework that was shipped with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 . This post is the same introduction that I made to the team members that asked me the question. Since there weren’t any customizations needed in the back office they needed the result was a standing back office in 5 minutes. That is very productive...