Entity Developer is a powerful modeling and code generation tool for ADO.NET Entity Framework, LinqConnect, NHibernate, and LINQ to SQL. You can use Model-First and Database-First approaches to design your model and generate C# or Visual Basic .NET code for it.
You will have the possibility to use the model for generating C# or Visual Basic code integrating flexible predefined code templates.
It is available in three editions: for dotConnect, for SQL Server, and Express. It introduces new approaches for designing ORM models, boosts productivity, and leverages database applications.
Here are some key features of "Entity Developer":
· ADO.NET Entity Framework support
· LINQ to SQL support
· Visual schema modelling
· Customizable and intuitive user interface
· Reverse engineering (database object to entity model)
· Well-thought predefined templates for class generation
· Custom templates for generated classes
· Customizable naming rules for database objects
· Flexible template language for custom templates
· GUI for predefined and custom templates
· State-of-the-art diagram with zooming
· Diagram overview and printing
· Undo/Redo support
· One-click help system
· Visual Studio integration
Requirements:
· SQL Server installed; Visual Studio is not required
· .Net Framework 3.5
Limitations:
· 30 days trial period
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· The sticker notes for adding comments to diagrams are implemented
· The possibility to add a stamp, specifying diagram author, company, version, copyrights, project name, and date, to a diagram is implemented
· New Collapse All and Expand All menu commands for collapsing and expanding diagram shapes are added
· The behaviour is changed: context menu commands for working with diagram are grouped to the Diagram submenu of the context menu
· The behaviour is changed: the possibility to change diagram shape color via the corresponding Shape -> Color context menu command is added
· The behaviour is changed: when pasting a copied entity to a new diagram, a new entity is not created, the existing entity is added to this diagram
· The behaviour is changed: when cutting an entity from the diagram, the entity is not cut from the model, only from the diagram
NHibernate support:
· The support of component navigation properties is implemented
· The Parent property for component mappings is im...
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