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Interesting post on ADO.NET Entity Framework VS Microsoft Data Access Application block

on February 20, 2013

I came across an interesting post today on Entity Framework 4.0 vs Data Access Application Block that I thought I would share…

http://forums.asp.net/post/4170460.aspx

Personally, I prefer to use Entity Framework. It’s cleaner and more flexible in my opinion.

Also, Enterprise Library is still at Version 5.0, while Entity Framework is constantly being updated. EF 5.0 is out now and it’s a lot better compared to EF 4.x, especially with regard to performance. Work is already underway for version 6 and beyond, plus Entity Framework has been open sourced.

To me, the Data Access Application Block that is part of Enterprise Library is dead. It’s not really maintained and it’s no longer the preferred data access technology recommended by Microsoft.

Enjoy!