Can I use MVC Entity framework(in .edmx format) with Kendo UI for web ?

[Sengottuvel]

Hi,

Kindly refer the below points and then suggest us to proceed further.

1. We have large database , our main criteria is to improve the performance of data binding in web.
2. As we have read about Kendo UI as client based, so we have doubts whether we can go for MVC Entity Framework with Kendo UI without using web service.

Thanks & Regards,
Vel.

[Petur Subev]

Hello Sengottuvel,

It is perfectly fine to use the EntityFramework (your edmx models) with the Kendo Extensions for ASP.NET MVC for you case.

Client based means that the widgets are initialized on the client side (not on the server). I think you have doubts about the so called ServerOperation option of the dataSource which only when enabled will fetch all the records to the client and perform the operations in the browser.

However I suggest you to take a detail look at the regular Ajax binding when using the  MVCWrappers.

http://docs.kendoui.com/getting-started/using-kendo-with/aspnet-mvc/introduction

Basically when using regular Ajax binding, the parameters such as page/sort direction etc will be send to the server and with the help of the LINQ expression engine and the ToDataSourecResult IQueryable extension method we provide (you need to add the Kendo.Mvc.Extensions namespace) every operation will be translated to the expression language and it will be executed on a database level.

Kind Regards,
Petur Subev
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