However, it is clear that Microsoft’s future direction is in the Core space . Yes, the last update to the full .NET framework did include improvements for ASP.NET and WebForms, but clearly the future innovation and hard work will be in the new core frameworks like .NET core, ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework core, and whatever other cores come along in the future.
.NET 6 introduces new handy APIs that will make our development journey easier. Let’s go through the top 10 new API in terms of usage likelyhood.
In this blog post, I’m going to cover the following topics:
For even more details, you can also refer to dotnet/runtime#45318 on GitHub.
Today, the Entity Framework Core team announces the fifth preview release of EF Core 6.0. This release includes the first iteration of compiled models.
.NET Data Community Standup - Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2022: what’s new for developers
During this show we will discuss some of the new capabilities introduced on both SQL Server and our Azure services that have an impact on app development like:
T-SQL and IQP enhancements
Local Development Experience
JSON enhancements
DataAPI Builder
And more…
EF7 will be the default data stack for ASP.NET 5 applications, but we will not recommend it as an alternative to EF6 in other applications until we have more functionality implemented
Rebuilding EF Providers for EF6 Updating Applications to use EF6 EF Tools: adding EF6 support & enabling out-of-band releases Async Query and Save Connection Resiliency Code-Based Configuration Dependency Resolution Interception/SQL logging Custom implementations of Equals or GetHashCode on entity classes Custom Code First Conventions Code First Mapping to Insert/Update/Delete Stored Procedures Configurable Migrations History Table Multiple Contexts per Database
<entityFramework>
<defaultConnectionFactory type="System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.SqlCeConnectionFactory, EntityFramework">
<parameters>
<parameter value="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" />
</parameters>
</defaultConnectionFactory>
<providers>
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlServerCe.4.0" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServerCompact.SqlCeProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact" />
</providers>
</entityFramework> Update-Package EntityFramework
<!-- 1. Change in <configuration><configSections> -->
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=4.4.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="entityFramework" type="System.Data.Entity.Internal.ConfigFile.EntityFrameworkSection, EntityFramework, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" requirePermission="false" />
<!-- 2. Add in <entityFramework><providers> -->
<provider invariantName="System.Data.SqlClient" type="System.Data.Entity.SqlServer.SqlProviderServices, EntityFramework.SqlServer" /> PM> Install-Package EntityFramework.SqlServerCompact