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Welcome to EF Core 9

Congratulations on taking the first step toward becoming a real programmer.

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Learn. Practice. Build.

This course is designed to take you from the fundamentals to advanced programming concepts through structured learning, practical examples, and hands-on experience.

Whether you're completely new to programming or an experienced developer looking to expand your skills, you'll find everything you need to move forward with confidence.

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What You'll Learn

Follow the roadmap below and progress from the fundamentals to advanced concepts.

Master Entity Framework Core 9 with this free, interactive course! Learn to build efficient, database-driven applications using C# and .NET. Explore data modeling, relationships, LINQ queries, migrations, SQL integration, and advanced features through hands-on projects and guided tutorials.

Course Outline:

1. Introduction to Entity Framework Core

  1. What is Entity Framework Core
  2. First application on EF Core
  3. Connecting to an existing database
  4. Database management
  5. Basic data operations CRUD
  6. Connection configuration
  7. Logging of operations
  8. Database Schema Management and Migrations

2. Database Providers

  1. MS SQL Server
  2. MySQL
  3. PostgreSQL

3. Creating Models in Entity Framework Core

  1. Models, Fluent API and Data Annotations
  2. Defining Models
  3. Entity properties
  4. Entity Constructors
  5. Using Entity Fields
  6. Mapping tables and columns
  7. Mandatory and optional properties
  8. Setting up keys
  9. Setting up indexes
  10. Generating property and column values
  11. Property Limitations
  12. Model configuration
  13. Initializing the database with initial data

4. Relationships between models

  1. Foreign keys and navigation properties
  2. Setting up a Foreign Key via Data Annotations and Fluent API
  3. Cascade delete
  4. Loading Related Data. Include Method
  5. Explicit loading
  6. Lazy loading
  7. One to one relationship
  8. One to many relationship
  9. Many to many relationship
  10. Own types
  11. Complex types
  12. Hierarchical data

5. Inheritance

  1. TPH - Table Per Hierarchy approach
  2. TPT - Table Per Type Approach
  3. TPC - Table Per Class Approach

6. Queries and LINQ to Entities

  1. Introduction to LINQ to Entities
  2. Sampling and filtering
  3. Sorting and projection from database
  4. Joining and grouping tables
  5. Set operations: union, intersection, difference
  6. Aggregate operations
  7. Object Tracking and AsNoTracking
  8. Executing queries
  9. IEnumerable and IQueryable
  10. Model-Level Query Filters
  11. Bulk update and delete. ExecuteUpdate and ExecuteDelete

7. SQL in Entity Framework Core

  1. Executing SQL queries
  2. Stored functions
  3. Stored procedures

8. Additional Articles

  1. Parallelism
  2. Logging providers
  3. Compiled queries
  4. Projection of queries onto views
  5. Storing change history

Why Enroll

Enroll to quickly master Entity Framework Core 9, build real-world database applications, and gain practical skills in C# and .NET development through hands-on projects.

YOUR JOURNEY

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Work through each section, practice what you learn, and keep progressing toward becoming a Code Hero.

Interview Questions

1. What is Entity Framework Core and why is it used?

2. How do you configure a database connection in EF Core 9?

3. What are migrations in EF Core?

4. Explain the difference between IQueryable and IEnumerable in EF Core.

5. How do you define relationships between models in EF Core?

6. What is the purpose of the `AsNoTracking` method in EF Core?

7. How do you perform a bulk update or delete in EF Core 9?

8. What are shadow properties in EF Core?

9. How can you execute raw SQL queries in EF Core?

10. What is the difference between Data Annotations and Fluent API in EF Core?

11. How do you implement inheritance in EF Core?

12. What are global query filters in EF Core?

13. How can you log database operations in EF Core 9?

14. What is a shadow property and how is it different from a normal property?

15. How do you seed initial data in EF Core 9?





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