Entity Framework 6 - Knowledge Base (KB)

A combination of Entity Framework, Dapper and SSDT?

I'm in the early stages of setting up a new development project and I'm unsure how to set up my database access strategy. I'll be using Visual Studio 2012 and I'll target .NET 4.5 and SQL Server 2008 or 2012. ...What I'm unsure about is whether or not to ...