I try to understand the Mixrosoft mind. Is there a link between the WPF (XAML) DataContext and the Entity Framework Context object? Why calling both of them Context? Is the Entity Framework Context object a WPF DataContext?
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I try to understand the Mixrosoft mind. Is there a link between the WPF (XAML) DataContext and the Entity Framework Context object? Why calling both of them Context? Is the Entity Framework Context object a WPF DataContext?
No, they are not the same.
WPF DataContext is any object, whose data can be bound to WPF controls.
Entity Framework ObjectContext (DbContext) is a “facade” of ORM.
You can work with WPF without EF and use as DataContext anything. The same, you can use EF and display your data in WinForms… or not display them at all.
I think, MS called them “-Context” because they use in contextual manner for their respective use cases: “Show the data in UI” and “Manipulate with data in database”.