Using the Entity Framework in a Layered Architecture

My July 2008 Data Points column was just released on the MSDN Magazine web site. This month I demonstrate how to use the Entity Framework in a multi-tiered architecture passing entities through the layers via WCF. The code sample is available from their web site too.

The Entity Framework has been a much discussed topic of late. Many articles discuss and show how to build different types of models and facets of the Entity Framework. This article shows one way to integrate the Entity Framework’s models into an application that uses layers and a form of the MVP pattern.