With the release of Entity Framework 6.2, it introduces the Entity Framework Code First Model Cache.  Giving you the ability to load a prebuilt edmx when using code first, instead having EF generate it on startup. This can provide a some savings on startup time. With these changes, first AppDomain calls to context.Database.Initialize for a model with just over 600 models and a null initializer dropped from 12-14 seconds to about 1.9 seconds after the edmx was written, saving 10-12 seconds on initialization. The first call to write the edmx still ran in 12-14 seconds (no noticeable delay added). #275… Read More »Entity Framework Code First Model Cache

First, full credit for the term “Null Hot Potato” goes to Reid Evans.  He was presenting his talk “C# Without Nulls or Exceptions” at our local Windsor-Essex .NET Developers group.  I don’t want to give away the talk, because I hope it gets posted online so you can watch it yourself.  But I do want to dive into this one specific thing that Reid described as of the Null Hot Potato. Not My Problem It’s really a case of passing the responsibility.  If your method handles null with null checks, but returns null, your just “passing the buck”.  You’re basically… Read More »Null Hot Potato