I'm starting to use Entity Framework. Let's say I have to Entity from my tables in DB.

Here is the table schema

Profiles

• ProfileId
• FirstName
• LastName

Hobbies

• Id
• HobbyName
• OwnerId

So one profile can have many hobbies.

My Entity Framework:

ProfileEntity

• ProfileId
• FirstName
• LastName
• Hobbies (collection of HobbyEntity) note: this created by the Association tool

HobbyEntity

• Id
• HobbyName
• Owner (type of ProfileEntity) note: this created by the Association tool, for me this property is not important

my question: should I use the "Association" tool to make the relationship between the two entities, which in result create a property of each entity (in ProfileEntity will create a HobbyEntity and vica versa) or should I not use the association and only add a scalar property manually such as List<HobbyEntity> in my ProfileEntity and OwnerId in HobbyEntity.