Why do you hate Entity Framework so much? It is not as difficult as it sounds. :-)
CRUD operations are simply 4 functions (
5 in most cases) which allows you to:
1. Create the objects.
2. Read the objects.
- 5th function comes in this section to read a single data record.
3. Update the objects.
4. Delete the objects.
You can do so without using Entity Framework or any other framework if you are well aware of what your data source is. Anyways, read this to get more information.
ASP.NET 5 Web API RESTful CRUDs and Windows 10 native application[
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