Mastering ASP.NET Web API

Creating an ASP.NET Core app for the full .NET Framework

As mentioned earlier in this chapter, EF6 is built on a full .NET Framework, so we can't create an ASP.NET Core app under .NET Core, instead, we should be creating it targeting the full .NET Framework.

Every ASP.NET Core feature can be used, but it cannot be deployed on a non-Windows machine. Most of the existing enterprise still use a full .NET Framework on deployed machines, so leveraging it won't be an issue.

In the blank solution, create AdvWorks.WebAPI, an ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Framework) with web API template. This will be our ASP.NET Core Web API for integration with the AdventureWorks2014 database.

As we have the data access class library ready, include it in the ...