C# Entity Framework Core Overview

Query and persist relational database entities using LINQ and DbContext.

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EF Core is a modern, cross-platform Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) for .NET. It allows querying databases using strongly-typed LINQ queries instead of raw SQL strings.

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C# Entity Framework Core Overview Code Example

// using (var db = new AppDbContext()) {
//     var activeUsers = await db.Users
//         .Where(u => u.IsActive)
//         .OrderBy(u => u.Name)
//         .ToListAsync();
// }
System.Console.WriteLine("EF Core translates LINQ expressions directly to optimized SQL.");

Output

EF Core translates LINQ expressions directly to optimized SQL.

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