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Panindra
Panindra

Reputation: 303

WPf which one suits best a dataset or Entity Frame Work?

Normally as i know Entity frame work associated with WCF application , for standalone desktop application like POS or Inventory application , is Entity Frame work suitable ? or WPF MVVM Model

Upvotes: 2

Views: 882

Answers (3)

k3b
k3b

Reputation: 14755

Additional arguments

  • Datasets work well when the database is disconnected. They can be saved and loaded as xml from a file or send over the wire to an other application. I am not shure wether this is possible with ef.
  • As far as i know Datasets are not supported in silverlight apps or on windows-mobile7. They are supported in Dotnet-CompactFramework.

Upvotes: 0

Merlyn Morgan-Graham
Merlyn Morgan-Graham

Reputation: 59111

MVVM is a design pattern that separates the UI from the implementation details.

The Entity Framework is (I believe) an ORM, designed to abstract application specific implementation details from the underlying storage.

Datasets offer little to no abstraction over the underlying storage. I'd recommend using any ORM/DAL framework over directly interacting with datasets.

Both MVVM and the Entity Framework can be used in the same application because they offer abstractions at completely different layers. When combined, the "model" in MVVM is the DAL/ORM layer.

Upvotes: 4

Waleed A.K.
Waleed A.K.

Reputation: 1656

To work with WPF; I’ll prefer to use Entity Frame work.

1-It will convert all tables to classes direct.

2-You can add partial class to tables to do some validation or extra variable

3-You don’t need to write to many procedures.

Of course it will be different from dataset, but with time you’ll never go back to dataset. I promise.

Upvotes: 3

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