entity framework code first quick start

AddThing.cs

using System;
using System.Data.Entity;

namespace EFCodeFirst
{
    public class Thing
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public string Name { get; set; }
    }

    public class Model : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Thing> Things { get; set; }
    }

    public class AddThing
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            var thing = new Thing { Name = @"Something" };
            using (var model = new Model())
            {
                model.Things.Add(thing);
                model.SaveChanges();
            }
            Console.WriteLine("saved changes");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

App.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <!-- For more information on Entity Framework configuration, visit http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=237468 -->
    <section name="entityFramework" 
             type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.3.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
  </configSections>
  <entityFramework>
    <defaultConnectionFactory 
      type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
      <parameters>
        <parameter 
          value="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS; Integrated Security=True; MultipleActiveResultSets=True" />
      </parameters>
    </defaultConnectionFactory>
  </entityFramework>
</configuration>

Test.cs

using System.Data.SqlClient;

namespace EFCodeFirst.Test
{
    public class AddThingTest
    {
        public void MainTest()
        {
            AddThing.Main();

            int? rowCount = null;
            using (var connection = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\musicdb; Integrated Security=True;"))
            using (var command = new SqlCommand("select count(*) from [EFCodeFirst.Model].dbo.Things", connection))
            {
                connection.Open();
                try
                {
                    rowCount = command.ExecuteScalar() as int?;
                }
                finally
                {
                    connection.Close();
                }
            }

            Assert.IsNotNull(rowCount);
            Assert.IsTrue(rowCount > 0);
        }
    }
}