COMPARISON OF APPROACHES TO DATABASE LAYER DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ADO.NET ENTITY FRAMEWORK

V diplomskem delu se primerjajo postopki načrtovanja podatkovnih modelov v ogrodju Entity Framework. Na začetku se osredotoča na samo arhitekturo ogrodja ter prednosti, ki jih ponujajo tehnologije ADO.NET, ADO.NET Entity Framework in LINQ. Predstavljene so tri tehnike oz. poteki dela s principi baze prej, modela prej in kode prej. Vsak izmed postopkov načrtovanja je opremljen s kratkim primerom in obrazložitvijo delovanja ter prednostmi, ki jih ponuja. Naloga je zaključena z razčlenitvijo prednosti in slabosti posameznega postopka načrtovanja, vrsto aplikacije in želje posameznih razvijalcev.In the diploma sheet we compare data model design procedures in the Entity Framework tools. At first we focus on the architecture of the tool itself and its advantages, which ADO.NET, ADO.NET Entity Framework and LINQ provide. We present 3 techniques or workflows that are database first, model first and code first. For each of the previous procedures of design we supplement a short example of its functions and an explanation of the possibilities which they provide. We finish off with a breakdown of pros and cons for unique sets of design, type of applications and the desires of various developers