dotConnect for FreshBooks is an ADO.NET provider for working with FreshBooks data through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces. It allows you to easily work with FreshBooks data in your.NET applications, integrate FreshBooks services with widely used data-oriented technologies, and effortlessly build data access layer for your projects.dotConnect for FreshBooks makes it simple to create.NET applications, working with FreshBooks data. It offers standard ADO.NET classes, such as FreshBooksConnection, FreshBooksCommand, FreshBooksDataAdapter, FreshBooksDataReader, FreshBooksParameter, 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 FreshBooks data with less efforts and less code writing.Power of SQLdotConnect for FreshBooks allows you to perform SQL queries against your FreshBooks data. Use SQL statements to work with FreshBooks 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 FreshBooks data with SELECT statements and manage data with INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.No need to study and use complex FreshBooks API, just use familiar SQL statements. You may use complex JOINs, WHERE conditions, etc. - all the SQL benefits, not available with FreshBooks API.Simple queries are directly compiled to FreshBooks calls and executed by FreshBooks service, while more complex queries are split in parts. Parts of a query are executed against FreshBooks, and returned data is processed by our local SQL engine, which applies advanced SQL features to it.Entity Framework SupportdotConnect for FreshBooks allows you to work with FreshBooks 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 FreshBooks data:LINQ to Entities (no need for FreshBooks 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 FreshBooks provides enhanced Entity Framework support for FreshBooks 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.