Entity Developer History

This page lists the functionality added in each version of Entity Developer. To view the full changelog including bug fixes, consult the Entity Developer revision history.

04-Mar-10 New features in Entity Developer 2.80 Beta

  • Support for ADO.NET Entity Framework 4 Release Candidate added
  • Support for multi-result set methods added
  • Improved dialogs for editing model objects
  • Full integration with Visual Studio implemented
  • Added full support for ModificationFunctionMapping
  • Improved Find in Model functionality

20-Nov-09 New features in Entity Developer 2.50

  • New T4 like template engine with powerful editor added
  • Updated code generation
    • Ability to generate separate files for classes added
    • Entity Framework Pregenerated Views support added
    • Improved null handling code generation
  • Ability to execute LINQ to SQL, LINQ to Entities, and Entity SQL queries with data and native sql preview added
  • Ability to preview and edit data displayed in Database Explorer added
  • Table splitting added (emulation of deferred loading for "large" datatypes in EF)
  • OnDelete support for associations added
  • Corrected the setting of Source and Table attribute for non-database objects

14-Jul-09 New features in Entity Developer 2.20

  • Advanced mapping with Entity Framework QueryView supported
  • Displaying of Navigation properties on diagram and project explorer implemented
  • Ability to change properties order added
  • Ability to edit Referential constraints added
  • Ability to set OnDelete action added
  • Ability to set Rows Affected parameter added
  • Added advanced search on the model
  • Added support for SQL Server CE
  • Added dialogs for suitable storage model editing
  • Added support for storing connections in the configuration files
  • Added Entity Set Pluralization Naming Rule
  • Fixed bug with namespaces
  • Fixed bug with invisible OK button in Association Editor
  • Fixed bug with <edmx:*> tags
  • Fixed bug with XML Comments serialization

28-Apr-09 New features in Entity Developer 2.00

  • Supported ADO.NET Entity Framework
  • Supported stored procedures and functions for LINQ to SQL
  • Entity Framework Complex Type supported
  • Entity Framework Storage Model editing supported
  • Many-to-Many associations retrieving added
  • Added naming rules for database objects
  • Added Visual Studio integration
  • Validation schema improved
  • Improved class diagram
  • Improved Database Explorer
  • Usability improvements
  • Stability and performance improvements

21-Nov-08 First release of Entity Developer 1.00