Entity Developer for SQL Server

Entity Developer is a highly effective software designed for modeling and code generation for ADO.NET Entity Framework v1 and v4 and LINQ to SQL. The software supports both Model-First and Database-First approaches for designing models and generating C# or Visual Basic .NET code. Entity Developer presents innovative ways to design Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) models, increases productivity, and enhances database applications.

Entity Developer comes with a Visual ORM Model Designer and Code Generation feature that enables users to create and edit Entity Framework and LINQ to SQL models visually. The software supports editing the storage part graphically and allows for the creation of various types of mappings, including table splitting, mapping entities to multiple tables, complex types, and inheritance hierarchies. Its code generation capability is highly flexible owing to its use of T4-like templates. The software has several predefined templates, including the POCO and DbContext template, which supports the generation of Entity Framework 4.1 code-first (fluent mapping) and DbContext API features.

Additionally, Entity Developer has advanced support for designing large models and allows for the splitting of models into several diagrams to improve their readability. The software seamlessly integrates with Visual Studio 2008 and 2010, allowing for the easy editing of Entity Developer models as Visual Studio documents.

Entity Developer provides users with the Model-First approach implementation that offers automatic synchronization of mapping and storage parts with the conceptual part of the model. The software features easy-to-use wizards for synchronizing the database with the model. Additionally, Entity Developer offers users the possibility to synchronize their model with a database using the Update from Database Wizard, while preserving manual changes to the model where possible.

Finally, Entity Developer enables data viewing and editing. It allows for executing LINQ or Entity SQL queries against the model and viewing the results. With Entity Developer, users can visualize their models and generate code in a more efficient and faster manner.