How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks The InMemory database provider is an exciting feature in newer ...

Entity Framework is an open source, object-relational mapper (ORM) that simplifies data access in your application. It enables you to write code to perform CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) ...

Assuming you're using the latest version of Entity Framework, the easiest way to update your database is to use DbContext's Entry class: It's just two lines of code no matter how many properties your ...

Chris Klug keeps seeing developers using Entity Framework in less optimal ways. Microsoft's open-source object-relational mapper (ORM) for .NET applications is not intended to be used to replicate the ...

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At my current client (I've been on this application since the first of the year), we are contemplating starting from scratch when implementing a big, new feature for our app (at least from the ...