Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore 6.0.27

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Requires NuGet 3.6 or higher.

dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 6.0.27                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 6.0.27                
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="6.0.27" />                
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 6.0.27                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore, 6.0.27"                
#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=6.0.27

// Install Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore&version=6.0.27                

Entity Framework Core is a modern object-database mapper for .NET. It supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations. EF Core works with SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, SQLite, Azure Cosmos DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other databases through a provider plugin API.

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

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed. 
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NuGet packages (8.7K)

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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.

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jasontaylordev/CleanArchitecture
Clean Architecture Solution Template for ASP.NET Core
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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
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Full Modular Monolith application with Domain-Driven Design approach.
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2.2.4 19,515,687 4/9/2019 2.2.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.3 5,331,834 3/11/2019 2.2.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.2 6,425,702 2/12/2019 2.2.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.1 6,881,360 1/8/2019 2.2.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.0 21,612,716 12/3/2018 2.2.0 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.2.0-preview3-35497 184,760 10/17/2018
2.2.0-preview2-35157 148,518 9/12/2018
2.2.0-preview1-35029 81,615 8/22/2018
2.1.14 3,951,741 11/18/2019
2.1.11 3,695,363 5/14/2019
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2.1.4 15,531,845 10/1/2018
2.1.3 4,887,128 9/11/2018
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2.1.1 16,256,151 6/18/2018
2.1.0 13,239,000 5/29/2018
2.1.0-rc1-final 224,062 5/6/2018
2.1.0-preview2-final 205,150 4/10/2018
2.1.0-preview1-final 316,488 2/26/2018
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2.0.2 6,657,511 3/13/2018 2.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.1 12,481,732 11/14/2017 2.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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2.0.0-preview2-final 96,007 6/28/2017 2.0.0-preview2-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
2.0.0-preview1-final 1,114,524 5/10/2017 2.0.0-preview1-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.6 5,815,226 7/10/2018 1.1.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.5 1,245,814 12/12/2017 1.1.5 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.4 223,266 11/14/2017 1.1.4 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.1.3 307,930 9/20/2017 1.1.3 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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1.1.1 3,168,400 3/6/2017 1.1.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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1.1.0-preview1-final 46,508 10/24/2016 1.1.0-preview1-final is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.6 54,591 11/14/2017 1.0.6 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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1.0.2 78,305 12/12/2016 1.0.2 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
1.0.1 782,903 9/13/2016 1.0.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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