If you are new to EF Core or have experience using an earlier version, this course will help you get up to speed on the basics of EF Core 8. In this course, EF Core 8 Fundamentals, you’ll learn to work with data in your .NET applications. First, you’ll explore the benefits of using Microsoft’s ORM, EF Core, to relieve you of the commonplace tasks of retrieving and storing data in your software. Next, you’ll discover how to ensure that EF Core understands how the classes and relationships in your software map to a database schema. You’ll learn how to have EF Core retrieve and persist data in your software, leveraging the myriad capabilities that allow EF Core to comprehend your complex software models. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Entity Framework Core needed to fluidly persist data from your software into your data stores.
Author Name: Julie Lerman
Author Description:
Julie Lerman is a software coach with over 30 years of experience building software. As a coach, Julie provides support for DDD and architecture implementation, facilitates Event Storming workshops and domain discovery. She also provides deep dives into Entity Framework for her clients in the .NET world. Julie is a long-time Pluralsight author, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Regional Director and Docker Captain who lives in the hills of Vermont and continues to be known as the world’s top expert in E… more

Table of Contents

• Course Overview
  1min
• Creating Your First Application Using EF Core
  32mins
• Using EF Core to Query a Database
  30mins
• Tracking and Saving Data with EF Core
  36mins
• Controlling Database Creation and Schema with Migrations
  41mins
• Defining One-to-Many Relationships
  24mins
• Logging EF Core Activity and SQL
  13mins
• Interacting with Related Data
  42mins
• Defining and Using Many-to-Many Relationships
  40mins
• Defining and Using One-to-One Relationships
  29mins
• Working with SQL, Views, and Stored Procedures
  46mins
• Using EF Core in ASP.NET Core Apps
  45mins
• Testing with EF Core
  41mins
• Adding Some More Practical Mappings to Your Application
  28mins
• Understanding EF Core’s Database Connectivity
  20mins
• Tapping into EF Core’s Pipeline
  15mins