Entity Framework 4.1 Release Candidate now available for downloading

At this point in time, I'm pretty sure you've heard for Microsoft's ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF), and also probably used it as well. The major 4.0 version of EF was shipped along with .NET Framework 4.0, but that doesn't mean development has stopped until the next major .NET version (5.0?) comes along.

Just few days ago, Microsoft announced the first release candidate (RC) of Entity Framework 4.1, available here.

Major features of the 4.1 include an improved DbContext API and the "Code First" support. This Code First support now comes in addition to the Database First (which I happen to use most of the time) and Model First patterns.

You can read more here and here. To get started, download the installer.