Chapter 6: Database Explorers

As developers, we frequently connect to backend databases to store values and data from the application. Being able to inspect the database, view data, and make changes to it directly in Visual Studio is very helpful and a huge timesaver over opening a client, connecting to the database, and so on.

In this chapter, we will discuss database explorers for Visual Studio 2019 for Windows and Visual Studio Code (VS Code).

What about Mac?

Currently, there is no database explorer solution for Visual Studio 2019 for Mac. Hopefully, there will be something in an upcoming release, but for now, Microsoft recommends using the Azure Data Studio client on macOS.

In this chapter, we will discuss the following topics:

  • Managing ...

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