Entity Developer Editions
Entity Developer is available in three editions: for dotConnect, for SQL Server, and Express.
Entity Developer for dotConnect is bundled with
dotConnect for Oracle,
dotConnect for MySQL,
dotConnect for PostgreSQL, and
dotConnect for SQLite
and supports corresponding databases.
Entity Developer for SQL Server is a standalone application
that uses SqlClient to connect to Microsoft SQL Server.
The Express Edition is a free limited version of Entity Developer for SQL Server.
The Express Edition does not allow customization of code templates and is limited to 10
entities in the project.
Entity Developer Editions
| Feature |
For dotConnect |
For SQL Server |
Express |
| Entity Framework support |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| LINQ to SQL support |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Visual schema modelling |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Reverse engineering |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Predefined templates |
+ |
+ |
+ |
| Custom templates |
+ |
+ |
|
| SQL Server support |
|
+ |
+ |
| Oracle support* |
+ |
|
|
| MySQL support* |
+ |
|
|
| PostgreSQL support* |
+ |
|
|
| SQLite support* |
+ |
|
|
| Project size limit |
|
|
+ |
| Free for use |
|
|
+ |
* Requires corresponding dotConnect installed.