Entity Framework Core 1.0 Cookbook - Second Edition

Leverage the full potential of Entity Framework with this powerful collection of recipes

About This Book

• Learn how to use the new features of Entity Framework Core 1
• Improve your queries by leveraging some of the advanced features
• Understand the two mapping models offered by the framework
• Make the best of your .NET APIs by integrating with Entity Framework

This book is for .NET developers who work with relational databases on a daily basis and understand the basics of Entity Framework, but now want to use it in a more efficient manner. You are expected to have some prior knowledge of Entity Framework.

What You Will Learn

• Master the technique of using sequence key generators
• Create a game from scratch using the tools that Unreal Engine 4.1 offers
• Validate groups of entities that are to be saved/updated
• Improve MVC applications that cover applications developed using ASP.NET 4.6/MVC 5 and ASP.NET Core 1/MVC Core 1
• Retrieve database information (table, column names, and so on) for entities

Entity Framework is a highly recommended Object Relation Mapping tool used to build complex systems. In order to survive in this growing market, the knowledge of a framework that helps provide easy access to databases, that is, Entity framework, has become a necessity. This book will provide .NET developers with this knowledge and guide them through working efficiently with data using Entity Framework.

You will start off by learning how to efficiently use Entity Framework in practical situations. You will gain a deep understanding of mapping properties and find out how to handle validation in Entity Framework. The book will then explain how to work with transactions and stored procedures along with improving Entity Framework using query libraries. Moving on, you will learn to improve complex query scenarios and implement transaction and concurrency control. You will then be taught to improve and develop Entity Framework in complex business scenarios. With the concluding chapter on performance and scalability, this book will get you ready to use Entity Framework proficiently.