Data Access Layer ShahedChowdhuriUsing Code-First Migrations

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TDD (Test Driven Development)

BDD (Behavior Driven Development)

CI (Continuous Integration)

CD (Continuous Delivery)

Introduction

ASP.NETMVC

DB

EnterpriseWebApplication

Looking for Ways to Improve & Modernize

Motivation behind this design?

Our desire to do the following:

Tech Check

ASP.NETMVC

EntityFramework

EF Code-First

Development

EF Code-First Migrations

Are you familiar with…?

Options and Alternatives

Database-First

(EDMX)

Model-First

(Visual Designer)

Code-First (automatic migrations)

Code-First (manual

migrations)

What are we trying to solve?

DAL: Agenda

1. Models & Mapping

2. Connection Strings

3. Enable Migrations

4. Update Database

5. Push Code + Migrate Server DB

6. Process Workflow

1. Models & MappingDBContext.OnModelCreating()

2. Connection Strings

3. Enable Migrations

migration code

4. Update Database

model code

migration code + seed

devDB

(sql)

5. Push Code + Migrate Server DBcode push code

CI

code pull code

migrate.exeServer

DB

6. Process Workflow

dev team DB architects

communication

DB

Code Walkthrough

DAL: Conclusion

Code-First Migrations

Dev Team Synchronized

Server DeploymentDatabase

Versioning

Continuous Development

Resources

• EF Code First Migrations on MSDN:– http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/data/jj591621

• Web.config & configSource:– http://wakeupandcode.com/all-your-database-are-belong-to-us/

• PluralSight EF Migrations video tutorial:– http://pluralsight.com/training/Courses/TableOfContents/efmigrations