Can i develop mvc5 application without entity framework?

Namith Krishnan E

Sarvesh Kushwaha

yes you can

sudevsu

Yes you can develop. But when you google, you will not find many MVC examples without Entity framework.

Your help is much appreciated. Thanks Happy Coding!

Swinkaran

ASP.NET MVC5 is capable of working with any database framework of your choice. These are few tips: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6694098/using-asp-net-mvc-with-classic-ado-net[^] http://shalvinpd.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/asp-net-mvc-with-ado-net.html[^] In a solution where Data access layer is totally separated from UI, The UI(MVC 5) doesn't even need to worry about what's happening in DAL. Everything the controller requires is nothing more than a set of data

Rahul Rajat Singh

Short Answer - Yes. Long answer - MVC 5 is a framework for developing Web applications. Entity Framework is an Object relational Mapper which will ease up your data access layer creation. So if your application does not need a database or an ORM you should be able to use MVC5 without Entity Framework. You are also free to chose any database and/or ORM of your choice. The default template of MVC5 application comes with Entity Framework but that can easily be removed or perhaps an Empty MVC5 website can be created to avoid these EF references and code.