Visual Studio 2015 Community and Entity Framework projects

Installing Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3 will not automatically provide you with templates that you can use for working with Entity Frame work. You need get the NuGet Package Manager to install the Entity Framework related package as shown here:

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If the link is not showing search for NuGet.

Click the link to install and from File you can launch the NuGet Package Manager Console as shown.

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Click Package Manager Console to open the pane for entering commands to NuGet Package Manager as shown. Here I tried the to install the Entity Framework Package.

The package is installed for a saved project. In order to install the package you need to create a solution and save it. After which you can install the Entity Framework package from NuGet Package Manager.

After installing we can see the various appropriate references added to the Windows Forms project I created.

With these references you can work with Entity Framework in Visual Studio 2015 Community Update 3. The same procedure can be used for Visual Studio 2013 Community as well.

Getting to know DocumentDB - Part 2

For Signing up for DocumentDB read here:
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-do-you-sign-up-for-azure-documentdb.html

Getting to know Document DB - Part 1 here:
http://hodentek.blogspot.com/2014/08/getting-to-know-documentdb.html

In Part 1 we found that we need to install Microsoft Azure DB Client Library.

In this post we will install the client library as well as look at the Microsoft created sample which is perhaps the best way to look at the details of DocumentDB.

Installing Microsoft Azure DocumentDB Client Library
Client Applications connect to Azure DocumentDB service using Client Library.
In order to install Microsoft Azure DocumentDB Client Library you need to run the command:
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client-Pre

PM is the Package Manager Console. If you do not know how to get to the console read here.
http://hodentekhelp.blogspot.com/2014/08/how-do-you-install-nuget-package-manager.html

•  Launch Visual Studio 2013 Express for Web Update 3. -Run as administrator

Make sure you have the NuGet properly installed. If not get it from the Gallery Tools | Extensions and Updates...

• Click Open the Packet Manager Console

Type in the install script mentioned above and you will get an error message as there is no solution yet.

• Download the C# Sample from here:

http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Azure-DocumentDB-NET-Code-6b3da8af
Download, extract and open it in Visual Studio.

When you build you may get some 12 error messages.
Now in the Package Manager Console run the Install again as shown
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PM> Install-Package Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client -Pre
Attempting to resolve dependency 'Newtonsoft.Json (= 4.5.11)'.
Installing 'Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client 0.9.0-preview'.
You are downloading Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client from Microsoft, the license agreement to which is available at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=509837. Check the package for additional dependencies, which may come with their own license agreement(s). Your use of the package and dependencies constitutes your acceptance of their license agreements. If you do not accept the license agreement(s), then delete the relevant components from your device.
Successfully installed 'Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client 0.9.0-preview'.
Adding 'Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client 0.9.0-preview' to DocumentDB.Samples.DatabaseManagement.
Successfully added 'Microsoft.Azure.Documents.Client 0.9.0-preview' to DocumentDB.Samples.DatabaseManagement.
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Build the project again:
Now you are still showing six errors.

 

Some of these are related to missing references:

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I guess the latest SDK (Microsoft Azure SDK 2.4)  is needed.
Go to notifications area and install the latest SDK.

Download the SDK

Run the SDK
Web Platform Instlaler takes over.

Now you are ready to install MSFT Azure SDK for .NET (VS2013) -2.4
Click Install.

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Once you download the Microsoft Azure SDK, the errors go away and the build succeeds.

We look at the details of the project in the next post here.