Is there a template or tool to generate code from the database directly? I want to use model first scenario but do not want .edmx file for mappings. There is a database with many tables and I do not want to write all the classes (I am lazy) for that. So, is there a template to generate the code and set the annotations/use fluent api for defining the relationships, etc automatically from the existing database?
This would be helpful in the following scenario as well. Say, I was using .edmx with POCOs and now I do not want the mappings in the .edmx file. I want the mappings in the code. It would be great to have a tool or a template to generate the mappings in the code from the existing database.
I am starting on learning EF 4.1. I think “Code first becomes model first in version 2 i.e. after the database is created/released (in version 1) and needs some changes”. Is that really true? I’d love to hear some comments. Thanks.
Check out the ‘Reverse Engineer Code First’ feature of the EF Power Tools CTP1 that was just released.