title: ASP.NET Data Access?
body: <p>I'm in pre-development stages of an ASP.NET forms application (MVC not a consideration at this point in time).</p>
  
  <p>I simply need to create and access a database. At this point, these are the choices I have found to be available. </p>
  
  <p>ADO.NET Datasets --
  LINQ to SQL --
  Entity Framework:
   Code First,
   Model First,
   Database First</p>
  
  <p>I'm just simply confused. I've read the other threads on this topic and while they provided some clarification, they have not really helped me.</p>
  
  <p>What's the best choice for maximum simplicity? I'm frustrated by the pile of options an am currently at the head-banging-against-the-wall stage.</p>