Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore 3.1.27

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Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 3.1.27                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 3.1.27                
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.1.27" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 3.1.27                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore, 3.1.27"                
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore&version=3.1.27

// Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore&version=3.1.27                

Entity Framework Core is a lightweight and extensible version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology.

Commonly Used Types:
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext
Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbSet

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NuGet packages (8.5K)

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Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational

Shared Entity Framework Core components for relational database providers.

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.InMemory

In-memory database provider for Entity Framework Core (to be used for testing purposes).

Npgsql.EntityFrameworkCore.PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL/Npgsql provider for Entity Framework Core.

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Proxies

Lazy loading proxies for Entity Framework Core.

Microsoft.AspNetCore.App

Provides a default set of APIs for building an ASP.NET Core application. This package requires the ASP.NET Core runtime. This runtime is installed by the .NET Core SDK, or can be acquired separately using installers available at https://aka.ms/dotnet-download.

GitHub repositories (606)

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jasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template for ASP.NET Core
abpframework/abp
Open-source web application framework for ASP.NET Core! Offers an opinionated architecture to build enterprise software solutions with best practices on top of the .NET. Provides the fundamental infrastructure, cross-cutting-concern implementations, startup templates, application modules, UI themes, tooling and documentation.
dotnet/AspNetCore.Docs
Documentation for ASP.NET Core
aspnetboilerplate/aspnetboilerplate
ASP.NET Boilerplate - Web Application Framework
kgrzybek/modular-monolith-with-ddd
Full Modular Monolith application with Domain-Driven Design approach.
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