# IT:AD:Effort #

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## Summary ##

[[IT/AD/EF/|EF7]] is going to come with an in-mem provider -- but until then, the way to test EF6 is with Effort.

I could give you many reasons as to why you don't want to Mock EF (mocking a single straightforward service is already a lot of effort -- but mocking a whole complex system like EF is an exercise in futility) -- but the following article says it all already:

* http://www.vannevel.net/2015/02/26/11/