What type of project is Entity Framework currently suitable for?

Question

I recently listened to a podcast that discussed in detail the short sentences of the Entity Framework (EF).

But, their opinion may need to be taken with salt (by me), as from what I could collect:

• These were people who were experts at ORM.
• They either made a living with ORM tools or their hobby
• They used ORM tools for large-scale applications.
• They were also very interested in ALT.NET uber tactics, which I don't necessarily do (YET)

My general question is:

• What type of project is Entity Framework currently suitable for?

But here are some secondary questions that may help you understand what I came across with this question:

• Is EF Better Than Nothing? I'm tired of doing everything by hand.
• Is it approaching a “solution to the same problem” as LINQ to SQL? 2a. If so, when could one approach another? * found a topic on this subject, since I discussed issues with this tag , so nevermind *
• Does this turn out to be simple “quick and dirty” applications, for example, when the bulk of your administrative CRUD forms?

edit: for those who may be interested, I mainly work on small and medium sized applications. This may affect your answer or not.

Answer 1

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