Pro Entity Framework Core 2 for ASP.NET Core MVC

© Adam Freeman 2018

Adam FreemanPro Entity Framework Core 2 for ASP.NET Core MVChttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3435-8_1

1. Entity Framework Core in Context

Adam Freeman¹ 

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London, UK

 

Entity Framework Core—also known as EF Core—is an object-relational mapping (ORM) package produced by Microsoft that allows .NET Core applications to store data in relational databases.

Understanding Entity Framework Core

Entity Framework Core has one key task: storing.NET objects in a database and retrieving them again later. Put another way, Entity Framework Core acts as the bridge between an ASP.NET Core MVC application and a database, as shown in Figure 1-1.

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