How can I programmatically generate Entity Framework classes from a database?

Question

How can I programmatically generate Entity Framework classes from a database and then automatically compile them?

I'm looking for a solution that takes a simple connection string and generates a C# library. Exactly what Visual Studio's entity designer does but programmatically.

Answer 1

You are looking for Entity Framework power tools .

With that you can create a code first database from a connectionstring (Reverse Engineer Code First ).

With Reverse Engineer Code First you get the code first classes + mapping classes. You can even modify the templates used for the process. All the information you need can be found in the above link.