dotConnect for Bigcommerce is an ADO.NET provider for working with Bigcommerce data through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces. It allows you to easily work with Bigcommerce data in your.NET applications, integrate Bigcommerce services with widely used data-oriented technologies, and effortlessly build data access layer for your projects.dotConnect for Bigcommerce makes it simple to create.NET applications, working with Bigcommerce data. It offers standard ADO.NET classes, such as BigcommerceConnection, BigcommerceCommand, BigcommerceDataAdapter, BigcommerceDataReader, BigcommerceParameter, etc., and thus it's easy to master it. It's powerful design-time editors together with seamless Visual Studio integration allow you to work with Bigcommerce data with less efforts and less code writing.Power of SQLdotConnect for Bigcommerce allows you to perform SQL queries against your Bigcommerce data. Use SQL statements to work with Bigcommerce accounts, contacts, leads, contracts, products, campaigns opportunities, and other objects.Our provider offers full CRUD (Create, Read, Update, and Delete) support and allows you to get Bigcommerce data with SELECT statements and manage data with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.No need to study and use complex Bigcommerce API, just use familiar SQL statements. You may use complex JOINs, WHERE conditions, etc. - all the SQL benefits, not available with Bigcommerce API.Simple queries are directly compiled to Bigcommerce calls and executed by Bigcommerce service, while more complex queries are split in parts. Parts of a query are executed against Bigcommerce, and returned data is processed by our local SQL engine, which applies advanced SQL features to it.Entity Framework SupportdotConnect for Bigcommerce allows you to work with Bigcommerce data via Entity Framework - Microsoft's recommended data access technology. It supports Entity Framework v4, v5, and v6, and enables you to use the following Entity Framework features with Bigcommerce data:LINQ to Entities (no need for Bigcommerce API)Entity relations with lazy/eager loadingNo need to post each edited/created object separately - a single SaveChanges() call to persist all the changed objectsdotConnect for Bigcommerce provides enhanced Entity Framework support for Bigcommerce data with a bundled visual designer for ORM models with Visual Studio integration - Entity Developer. Standard Visual Studio Entity Data Model designer is also supported.