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Entity Framework Core

Entity Framework Core is the new version of Entity Framework after EF 6.x. It is open-
source, lightweight, extensible and a cross-platform version of Entity Framework data
access technology.

Entity Framework is an Object/Relational Mapping (O/RM) framework. It is an

enhancement to ADO.NET that gives developers an automated mechanism for accessing
& storing the data in the database.

EF Core is intended to be used with .NET Core applications. However, it can also be
used with standard .NET 4.5+ framework based applications.

The following figure illustrates the supported application types, .NET Frameworks and
OSs.

EF Core Version History

EF Core Version Release Date

EF Core 2.0 August 2017

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EF Core Version Release Date

EF Core 1.1 November 2016

EF Core 1.0 June 2016

EF Core on GitHub: https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore

EF Core Roadmap: docs.microsoft.com/en-us/ef/core/what-is-new/roadmap

Track EF Core's issues at https://github.com/aspnet/EntityFrameworkCore/issues

EF Core Official Documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/ef/core

EF Core Development Approaches

EF Core supports two development approaches 1) Code-First 2) Database-First. EF Core
mainly targets the code-first approach and provides little support for the database-first
approach because the visual designer or wizard for DB model is not supported as of EF
Core 2.0.

In the code-first approach, EF Core API creates the database and tables using migration
based on the conventions and configuration provided in your domain classes. This
approach is useful in Domain Driven Design (DDD).

In the database-first approach, EF Core API creates the domain and context classes
based on your existing database using EF Core commands. This has limited support in
EF Core as it does not support visual designer or wizard.

EF Core vs EF 6

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Entity Framework Core is the new and improved version of Entity Framework for .NET
Core applications. EF Core is new, so still not as mature as EF 6.

EF Core continues to support the following features and concepts, same as EF 6.

1. DbContext & DbSet

2. Data Model

3. Querying using Linq-to-Entities

4. Change Tracking

5. SaveChanges

6. Migrations

EF Core will include most of the features of EF 6 gradually. However, there are some
features of EF 6 which are not supported in EF Core 2.0 such as:

1. EDMX/ Graphical Visualization of Model

2. Entity Data Model Wizard (for DB-First approach)

3. ObjectContext API

4. Querying using Entity SQL.

5. Automated Migration

6. Inheritance: Table per type (TPT)

7. Inheritance: Table per concrete class (TPC)

8. Many-to-Many without join entity

9. Entity Splitting

10. Spatial Data

11. Lazy loading of related data

12. Stored procedure mapping with DbContext for CUD operation

13. Seed data

14. Automatic migration

EF Core includes the following new features which are not supported in EF 6.x:

1. Easy relationship configuration

2. Batch INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations

3. In-memory provider for testing

4. Support for IoC (Inversion of Control)

5. Unique constraints

6. Shadow properties

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7. Alternate keys

8. Global query filter

9. Field mapping

10. DbContext pooling

11. Better patterns for handling disconnected entity graphs

Learn more on EF Core and EF 6 differences at here.

EF Core Database Providers

Entity Framework Core uses a provider model to access many different databases. EF
Core includes providers as NuGet packages which you need to install.

The following table lists database providers and NuGet packages for EF Core.

Database NuGet Package

SQL Server Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer

MySQL MySql.Data.EntityFrameworkCore

PostgreSQL Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL

SQLite Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SQLite

SQL Compact EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServerCompact40

In-memory Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory

Learn to install EF Core in the next chapter.

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