What are Advantages and Disadvantages of Entity Framework

There are several advantages and disadvantages of using Entity Framework.
Advantages

• No need to write the Data access layer code. Entire Data access layer code will be generated by the Entity  Designer (.edmx file). 
• For small applications, no need to write Stored procedures for the CRUD opeartions (Insert,Update,Delete and modify). The Designer will provide the implementation. Developer need to consume those methods.
• Reduces development effort and Unit Testing effort.

Disadvantages

• As the queries are dynamic there might be a hit in the performance of the application.

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