Before you can generate any type of code, you need to first create a project. You can create a project in any of the following ways: (1) From the toolbar: (2) From the File Menu: (3) Using the hotkey - CTRL + SHIFT + P
By selecting the "New Project" option, you initiate a streamlined process that allows you to generate a customized application based on your chosen stencil and database schema. The workflow is in 2 parts (2 forms). The first form lets you specify t ...
Coming from New Project (1 of 2) this is what you see: You can specify the properties of your project here. Project Name - This is the name of the project. It is read-only and was created in the previous form. Stencil - This is the name of the sten ...
You can make changes to the properties of a project by double-clicking on the root node of the project: Or from the context menu: Or from the File menu:
In the Entity Framework, there are 2 common ways you can create your database schema: 1) Code First 2) Database First CodeStencil provides you with a faster way of employing either of these methods. You can select which one of these approaches you want ...
This is the wizard seen after the code has been generated from the selected stencil; Option 1: This will copy the schema from the list of schema libraries. This will set up the tables, columns, and relationships for you with little to no change. Opt ...
The Code First approach in Entity Framework is a development approach where you create your domain classes first and then generate the database schema based on those classes. This approach allows you to focus on the object-oriented design of your applicat ...