José Pablo Ramírez Vargaswebjose.hashnode.net·Nov 12, 2022Do Yourself a Favor When Writing Connection Strings In ConfigurationHeredia, Costa Rica, 2022-11-12 90% or more of the developers will just take the usual, simplistic approach of having a ConnectionStrings section in the configuration appsettings.json file and go with that. Why am I calling it simplistic? Because ...Discuss·6 likes·85 readsentity framework
José Pablo Ramírez Vargaswebjose.hashnode.net·Sep 19, 2022Why I Dislike Entity Framework for REST API DevelopmentPreface I have been a backend developer for easily 14 years, all of them in .Net, whatever version was on at the time. During the better part of those 14 years I have gone through all the so-called goodies Entity Framework provides, from related pro...Discuss·2 likes·254 reads.NET
Okechukwu Godspraiseprazehub.hashnode.net·Jan 2, 2023Entity Framework CoreWhat is Entity Framework Core? Entity Framework Core (EF Core) is the latest version of the Entity Framework from Microsoft. It has been designed to be lightweight, extensible and support cross platform version of the popular Entity Framework data ac...Discuss·1 like·135 readsdotnet
Toyin Onagoruwacorree.hashnode.net·Mar 12, 2023Understanding Lazy Loading, Eager Loading, and Explicit Loading in Entity Framework CoreEntity Framework Core is a powerful ORM that makes it easy to work with databases in .NET applications. One of the most important features of EF Core is its ability to load related data. In this article, we will discuss three different ways to load r...DiscussC#
Gary Frewingaryfrewin.hashnode.net·Jan 27, 2023Setting up an Entity Framework Core Web API on Azure with SQLServer: A Step-by-Step Guide for hobby projectsSetting up an Entity Framework Core web API on Azure can be a bit daunting. I really struggle with these things and I couldn't find much help for my use case. Still, it's definitely doable and in this blog post, I'll walk through the process of deplo...Discuss·1 like·39 readsentity framework
M B A R Kmbarkt3sto.hashnode.net·Jan 26, 2023Enabling Lazy Loading in EF CoreOne of the features of EF Core is the ability to enable lazy loading, which can improve the performance of your application by deferring the loading of related data until it is actually needed. What is Lazy Loading? Lazy loading is a technique that d...Discuss·90 readsefcore
M B A R Kmbarkt3sto.hashnode.net·Jan 26, 2023Overriding SaveChanges in EF CoreEntity Framework (EF) Core is a popular Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework for .NET applications. It allows developers to interact with databases using a familiar object-oriented syntax, rather than writing raw SQL queries. One of the key feat...Discuss·279 readsentity framework
Andre Wellsandrewells.hashnode.net·Jan 25, 2023Testing with Clean Architecture and Entity Framework Using Real Database SystemsA few years ago, I rearchitected a project using Clean Architecture, Entity Framework and MediatR. If you're unfamiliar with CA, freeCodeCamp has a decent explanation. CA isn't suited for every project, but for this product's expected lifetime, it wa...Discuss·57 readsdotnet
M B A R Kmbarkt3sto.hashnode.net·Jan 23, 2023Auto-Generating GUID Properties in EF CoreIntroduction GUID, or globally unique identifier, is a 128-bit value that is used to identify resources in a unique and consistent way. In Entity Framework Core (EF Core), a GUID can be used as the primary key for a table, and it can be automatically...Discuss·202 readsefcore
Andy Whitakerawhitaker.hashnode.net·Jan 22, 2023The best SQL feature you probably don't know aboutIntro Back in 2017, a colleague and I started research on a new project. This would be a ground-up redesign of our existing software and would later become known as Omnidek.com - a digital forms and workflow tool. Our research included testing the ma...Discuss·146 readsSQL
M B A R Kmbarkt3sto.hashnode.net·Jan 19, 2023Configuration of EF Core Entities using FluentAPIEF Core uses a set of configuration classes to define the structure of the database and the relationships between the entities. These configuration classes are used to map the .NET classes to the database tables and columns, and to specify the rules ...Discuss·77 readsentity framework
mazhar zarsawflutterwithdotnet.hashnode.net·Jan 15, 2023Navigating Unmapped Data: A Comparison of EF Core and DapperRecently, I've come across the news that EF Core 8.0 has introduced a new feature for querying unmapped data. This sounds like an exciting development and brings to mind a challenge I faced last year. I had to query unmapped data using EF Core and, a...Discuss·350 readsentity framework
John McArthurbigbadjock.hashnode.net·Jan 13, 2023DotNet7 connecting to SQL ServerI have a little sample app, that uses my generic repository library. I've recently upgraded both to DotNet7 [.Net7] and immediately hit an issue. I was getting the error: A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error o...Discuss·1 likeC#
