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Creating the Right Database Initializer for Entity Framework

For example, the default option is to create a database initializer class that inherits from CreateDatabaseIfNotExists. With this option the first line of code that accesses the database triggers the ...
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Digging deeper into DbContext in Entity Framework Core

EF Core allows you to instantiate a DbContext in several ways. Learn when and how to use these different approaches in your ASP.NET Core applications. Entity Framework Core is an object-relational ...
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Not Just a Designer: Code First in Entity Framework

Code First is a new development approach in the Entity Framework stack that can simplify the understanding and maintenance of your domain model. In the middle of 2008, Microsoft published the first ...
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How to work with disconnected entities in Entity Framework Core

Entity Framework is an open source, object-relational mapper (ORM) that simplifies data access in your application. It enables you to write code to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) ...