Where should I put my Entity-Framework DataContext class in ASP.NET MVC's "best practice" folder?

Entity validation best practices in ASP.NET MVC and ADO.NET Entity Framework

Personally, I don't put validation in the objects themselves. I use the ...xVal... library to handle my entity validation. ...xVal encourages you to annotate your entity classes (or, actually, metadata companion classes) with attributes that describe the various validation rules. These validation attributes are the default ones that come with .NET ...

Should I use AutoMapper from ViewModel to Entity Framework entities in ASP.net MVC?

I use AutoMapper with a specialized mapping class that understands how to make a complex model from a simple one. AutoMapper is used to handle the one-to-one mapping and the custom logic in the class for doing the more complex things (like relationships, etc.). All of the AutoMapper configuration is done in the static constructor for the mapping ...

Best practices for an N-tier ASP.NET MVC3 application (using EF 4.1)

I was in the same position not long ago. ...The things you linked are OK, but certainly not enough on their own....I find this topic lacking in the free resources, as it is quite big and needs good organization and breadth. On the other hand, there are good resources if you are willing to pay a little....These are the resources I used:...PluralSigh...

Create a new Model or utilize an Entity Framework class in ASP.NET MVC.

Usually I use areas for different parts of my project, as an aside of where to put this extra code....Pretty much you are going to add to your model folder a viewmodel.cs class. Inside this class will hold your definitions for how the data will be modelled in the view. These viewmodels will reflect the parts of the entity you wish the user to inter...

Best practices for integrating ASP.NET Identity - do they exist?

The fact is that if you're going to inherit from IdentityUser, ASP.NET Identity related assemblies are coming along for the ride. You can't separate Identity from ASP.NET. The original examples in the question don't buy you much- in most cases you're probably better off just inheriting from ...IdentityUser... if you're going to be using ...Identity...

Does new ASP.NET MVC identity framework work without Entity Framework and SQL Server?

To piggy-back on what ...ALMMa... said, when I was working on my own custom implementation, I found this article to be invaluable:...Overview of Custom Storage Providers for ASP.NET Identity...It details no only what Interfaces need to be implemented, but goes into detail on how to implement them and gives code sample references to an actual MySQL ...

ASP.net MVC 5 : Extend IdentityUser class to use My User Entity Class

Are you overriding OnModelCreating Class?...Sample:...protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder) {... base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder); //Map Entities to their tables. modelBuilder.Entity<ApplicationUser>().ToTable("MyUser"); ...}...you should let entity framework know that for MyUser Entity ApplicationUse...

Is ASP.NET MVC 6 framework/ Entity Framework 7 out?

The version after EF6.x has not been shipped as RTM yet. Note that as per this ...announcement... it won't be EF7 but Entity Framework Core 1

Where to put savechanges in unit of work pattern with asp.net mvc?

Yes,you have to do it inside the ...UnitOfWork.cs... class....UnitOfWork.cs... public sealed class UnitOfWork : IUnitOfWork { private DbContext _dbContext; public UnitOfWork(DbContext context) { _dbContext = context; } public int Commit() { return _dbContext.SaveChanges()...

Asp.net core best practice example

Aside from above, you can also generate boilerplate using Yeoman ...Yeoman homepage