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Project Description
Reverse engineers an existing database and generates EntityFramework Code First POCO classes, DbContext and Configuration mappings

This has now been made into a visual studio extension. To install and use this project:

• Use Nuget and install EntityFramework.
• Add a connect string to your app.config. Somethine like.

<connectionStrings>
<add name="MyDbContext" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"
connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=MyDatabase;Integrated Security=True;Application Name=MyApp" />
</connectionStrings>

• In Visual Studio, right click project and select "add - new item".
• Select Online, and search for "reverse poco"
• Select "EntityFramework Reverse POCO Code First Generator".
• Give the file a name, such as Database.tt and click Add.
• Edit the Database.tt file and specify the connection string as "MyDbContext" which matches your name in app.config.
• Save the Database.tt file, which will now generate the Database.cs file.