Persist and retrieve relational data with Entity Framework Core

Beginner
Developer
.NET
ASP.NET Core
.NET Core
Entity Framework Core

Query and manage relational data in a .NET Core app with an Object-Relational Mapper (ORM).

Learning objectives

In this module, you'll:

  • Review object-relational mapper (ORM) concepts.
  • Understand Entity Framework Core (EF Core) architecture.
  • Write C# code to interact with a database using EF Core.
  • Use EF Core Migrations to keep the code and database in sync.
  • Use reverse engineering to generate entity models from an existing database.
  • Seed a database on app startup.

Prerequisites

  • Experience writing C# at the beginner level
  • A basic understanding of relational databases
  • Visual Studio Code
  • .NET SDK 6.0 or greater
  • Git command-line client