Entity Framework 6 Database Performance Anti-patterns

Coding practices to avoid or replace that can and will have an immediate impact on performance in your Entity Framework applications.

Entity framework is one of the most popular ORMs in software development, but it does not yet have a great reputation among SQL Server database professionals, especially those responsible for server performance. This collection of modules will identify some of the most common "real world" code smells and anti-patterns that keep EF-based applications from reaching optimal performance from the perspective of the SQL Server database. Many of these concepts could also apply to other relational data sources that Entity Framework is compatible with.

• Entity Framework Database Performance Anti-patterns - Intro 11mins
• Too Much Data 16mins
• Non Set-based Work 18mins
• Size Matters 23mins
• Lazy Loading 16mins
• Deciphering Abstraction 13mins
• Miscellaneous Items 20mins