Entity Framework Core in Action, Second Edition

6 Tips and techniques for reading and writing with EF Core

This chapter covers

• Selecting the right approach to read data from the database
• Writing queries that perform well on the database side
• Avoiding problems when you use Query Filters and special LINQ commands
• Using AutoMapper to write Select queries more quickly
• Writing code to quickly copy and delete entities in the database

The first four chapters cover different ways to read/write to a database, and in chapter 5, you used that information to build the Book App—an ASP.NET Core web application. This chapter brings together lots of different tips and techniques for reading and writing data with EF Core.

The chapter is split into two sections: reading from the database and writing to ...