.NET Core, the reinvention of the Microsoft .NET Framework as an open source, cross-platform development choice, is a key focus of the upcoming features planned for the Visual Studio IDE.

In conjunction with .NET Standard -- a spec detailing what .NET APIs should be available on all .NET implementations -- .NET Core retains compatibility with .NET Framework, Xamarin and Mono while letting developers use Windows, macOS or Linux machines to code for mobile, cloud and embedded/IoT projects.

While still primarily driven by Microsoft dev teams, .NET Core is hosted on a GitHub repository and is supported by the .NET Foundation, an independent organization created by Microsoft three years ago to improve its open source development and collaboration.

Peeking at the Visual Studio Roadmap (updated last week) reveals .NET Core figures prominently in upcoming functionality for the IDE, both in the near-term and long:  

using System;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;

namespace Tests
{
    public class MyLoggerProvider : ILoggerProvider
    {
        public ILogger CreateLogger(string categoryName)
        {
            return new MyLogger();
        }

        public void Dispose()
        { }

        private class MyLogger : ILogger
        {
            public bool IsEnabled(LogLevel logLevel)
            {
                return true;
            }

            public void Log<TState>(
                        LogLevel logLevel, 
                        EventId eventId, 
                        TState state, 
                        Exception exception, 
                        Func<TState, Exception, string> formatter)
            {
                //File.AppendAllText(@"C:\temp\log.txt", formatter(state, exception));
                Console.WriteLine("");
                Console.WriteLine(formatter(state, exception));
            }

            public IDisposable BeginScope<TState>(TState state)
            {
                return null;
            }
        }
    }
}

   if (logLevel == LogLevel.Critical || logLevel == LogLevel.Error || logLevel == LogLevel.Warning)

using (var db = new MyContext())
{
   var loggerFactory = (ILoggerFactory)db.GetInfrastructure().GetService(typeof(ILoggerFactory));
   loggerFactory.AddProvider(new MyLoggerProvider());
 }

public void Configure(ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
{
   loggerFactory.AddProvider(new MyLoggerProvider());

public ILogger CreateLogger(string categoryName)

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.Internal;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using System.Linq;
using System;
 
namespace Tests
{
    public class MyLoggerProvider : ILoggerProvider
    {
        private static readonly string[] _categories =
            {
                typeof(RelationalCommandBuilderFactory).FullName,
                typeof(SqlServerConnection).FullName
            };
        public ILogger CreateLogger(string categoryName)
        {
            if (_categories.Contains(categoryName))
            {
                return new MyLogger();
            }
 
            return NullLogger.Instance;
        }

Introducing EF Core 5 Features: Using ToQueryString to get generated SQL 

using System;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public abstract class BaseEntity
    {
        public int Id { get; set; }


        public bool IsDeleted { set; get; }
        public DateTime? DeletedAt { set; get; }
    }
}

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public class Blog : BaseEntity
    {
        public string Name { set; get; }

        public virtual ICollection<Post> Posts { set; get; }
    }

    public class BlogConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Blog>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Blog> builder)
        {
            builder.Property(blog => blog.Name).HasMaxLength(450).IsRequired();
            builder.HasIndex(blog => blog.Name).IsUnique();

            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 1, Name = "Blog 1" });
            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 2, Name = "Blog 2" });
            builder.HasData(new Blog { Id = 3, Name = "Blog 3" });
        }
    }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.Entities
{
    public class Post : BaseEntity
    {
        public string Title { set; get; }

        public Blog Blog { set; get; }
        public int BlogId { set; get; }
    }

    public class PostConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Post>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Post> builder)
        {
            builder.Property(post => post.Title).HasMaxLength(450);
            builder.HasOne(post => post.Blog).WithMany(blog => blog.Posts).HasForeignKey(post => post.BlogId);

            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 1, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 1" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 2, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 2" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 3, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 3" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 4, BlogId = 1, Title = "Post 4" });
            builder.HasData(new Post { Id = 5, BlogId = 2, Title = "Post 5" });
        }
    }
}

    public class BlogConfiguration : IEntityTypeConfiguration<Blog>
    {
        public void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<Blog> builder)
        {
            // ...
            builder.HasQueryFilter(blog => !blog.IsDeleted);
        }
    }

SELECT [b].[Id], [b].[DeletedAt], [b].[IsDeleted], [b].[Name]
FROM [Blogs] AS [b]
WHERE [b].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public static class GlobalFiltersManager
    {
        public static void ApplySoftDeleteQueryFilters(this ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            foreach (var entityType in modelBuilder.Model
                                                    .GetEntityTypes()
                                                    .Where(eType => typeof(BaseEntity).IsAssignableFrom(eType.ClrType)))
            {
                entityType.addSoftDeleteQueryFilter();
            }
        }

        private static void addSoftDeleteQueryFilter(this IMutableEntityType entityData)
        {
            var methodToCall = typeof(GlobalFiltersManager)
                                .GetMethod(nameof(getSoftDeleteFilter), BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Static)
                                .MakeGenericMethod(entityData.ClrType);
            var filter = methodToCall.Invoke(null, new object[] { });
            entityData.SetQueryFilter((LambdaExpression)filter);
        }

        private static LambdaExpression getSoftDeleteFilter<TEntity>() where TEntity : BaseEntity
        {
            return (Expression<Func<TEntity, bool>>)(entity => !entity.IsDeleted);
        }
    }
}

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {

        //...


        protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
        {
            base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);

            modelBuilder.ApplyConfigurationsFromAssembly(typeof(BaseEntity).Assembly);
            modelBuilder.ApplySoftDeleteQueryFilters();
        }

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public static class AuditableEntitiesManager
    {
        public static void SetAuditableEntityOnBeforeSaveChanges(this ApplicationDbContext context)
        {
            var now = DateTime.UtcNow;

            foreach (var entry in context.ChangeTracker.Entries<BaseEntity>())
            {
                switch (entry.State)
                {
                    case EntityState.Added:
                        //TODO: ...
                        break;
                    case EntityState.Modified:
                        //TODO: ...
                        break;
                    case EntityState.Deleted:
                        entry.State = EntityState.Unchanged; //NOTE: For soft-deletes to work with the original `Remove` method.

                        entry.Entity.IsDeleted = true;
                        entry.Entity.DeletedAt = now;
                        break;
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

var post1 = context.Posts.Find(1);
if (post1 != null)
{
   context.Remove(post1);

   context.SaveChanges();
}

Executing DbCommand [Parameters=[@p2='1', @p0='2020-09-17T05:11:32' (Nullable = true), @p1='True'], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']
SET NOCOUNT ON;
UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p0, [IsDeleted] = @p1
WHERE [Id] = @p2;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

namespace EFCoreSoftDelete.DataLayer
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        // ...

        public override int SaveChanges(bool acceptAllChangesOnSuccess)
        {
            ChangeTracker.DetectChanges();

            beforeSaveTriggers();

            ChangeTracker.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = false; // for performance reasons, to avoid calling DetectChanges() again.
            var result = base.SaveChanges(acceptAllChangesOnSuccess);

            ChangeTracker.AutoDetectChangesEnabled = true;
            return result;
        }

        // ...

        private void beforeSaveTriggers()
        {
            setAuditProperties();
        }

        private void setAuditProperties()
        {
            this.SetAuditableEntityOnBeforeSaveChanges();
        }
    }
}

 ar blog1 = context.Blogs.FirstOrDefault(blog => blog.Id == 1);
if (blog1 != null)
{
   context.Remove(blog1);

   context.SaveChanges();
}

var blog1AndItsRelatedPosts = context.Blogs
    .Include(blog => blog.Posts)
    .FirstOrDefault(blog => blog.Id == 1);
if (blog1AndItsRelatedPosts != null)
{
    context.Remove(blog1AndItsRelatedPosts);

    context.SaveChanges();
}

SELECT [t].[Id], [t].[DeletedAt], [t].[IsDeleted], [t].[Name], [t0].[Id], [t0].[BlogId], [t0].[DeletedAt], [t0].[IsDeleted], [t0].[Title]
FROM (
SELECT TOP(1) [b].[Id], [b].[DeletedAt], [b].[IsDeleted], [b].[Name]
FROM [Blogs] AS [b]
WHERE ([b].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)) AND ([b].[Id] = 1)
) AS [t]
LEFT JOIN (
SELECT [p].[Id], [p].[BlogId], [p].[DeletedAt], [p].[IsDeleted], [p].[Title]
FROM [Posts] AS [p]
WHERE [p].[IsDeleted] <> CAST(1 AS bit)
) AS [t0] ON [t].[Id] = [t0].[BlogId]
ORDER BY [t].[Id], [t0].[Id]

Executing DbCommand [Parameters=[@p2='1', @p0='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p1='True',
 @p5='2', @p3='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p4='True', @p8='3',
@p6='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p7='True',
 @p11='4', @p9='2020-09-17T05:25:00' (Nullable = true), @p10='True'], CommandType='Text', CommandTimeout='30']

SET NOCOUNT ON;
UPDATE [Blogs] SET [DeletedAt] = @p0, [IsDeleted] = @p1
WHERE [Id] = @p2;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p3, [IsDeleted] = @p4
WHERE [Id] = @p5;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p6, [IsDeleted] = @p7
WHERE [Id] = @p8;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

UPDATE [Posts] SET [DeletedAt] = @p9, [IsDeleted] = @p10
WHERE [Id] = @p11;
SELECT @@ROWCOUNT;

Query: Regression in EF 6.1.2: OUTER APPLY introduced and more compex queries for 1:1 relationships and "let" clause

TPT problem with hiding base class property in inherited class

DbMigration.Sql fails when the word 'go' is contained in the text

Create compatibility flag for UnionAll and Intersect flattening support

Query with multiple Includes does not work in 6.1.2 (working in 6.1.1)

"You have an error in your SQL syntax" after upgrading from EF 6.1.1 to 6.1.2

enable-migrations
add-migration Initial -IgnoreChanges
update-database

using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations.Design;

namespace EFTests
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Using Entity Framework Code First with an existing database.
    /// </summary>
    public static class CreateMigrationHistory
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Creates a new '__MigrationHistory' table.
        /// Enables migrations using Entity Framework Code First on an existing database.
        /// </summary>        
        public static void UpdateDatabase(DbMigrationsConfiguration configuration)
        {            
            var scaffolder = new MigrationScaffolder(configuration);
            // Creates an empty migration, so that the future migrations will start from the current state of your database.
            var scaffoldedMigration = scaffolder.Scaffold("IgnoreChanges", ignoreChanges: true);

            // enable-migrations
            // add-migration Initial -IgnoreChanges
            configuration.MigrationsAssembly = new MigrationCompiler(ProgrammingLanguage.CSharp.ToString())
                                                .Compile(configuration.MigrationsNamespace, scaffoldedMigration);

            // update-database  
            var dbMigrator = new DbMigrator(configuration);            
            dbMigrator.Update();
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.CodeDom.Compiler;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data.Common;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations;
using System.Data.Entity.Migrations.Design;
using System.Data.Entity.Spatial;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Resources;
using System.Text;

namespace EF_General.Models.Ex22
{
    public enum ProgrammingLanguage
    {
        CSharp,
        VB
    }

    public class MigrationCompiler
    {
        private readonly CodeDomProvider _codeProvider;

        public MigrationCompiler(string language)
        {
            _codeProvider = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider(language);
        }

        public Assembly Compile(string @namespace, params ScaffoldedMigration[] scaffoldedMigrations)
        {
            var options = new CompilerParameters
            {
                GenerateExecutable = false,
                GenerateInMemory = true
            };

            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(string).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(Expression).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(DbMigrator).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(DbContext).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(DbConnection).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(Component).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(MigrationCompiler).Assembly.Location);
            options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(typeof(DbGeography).Assembly.Location);

            var embededResources = GenerateEmbeddedResources(scaffoldedMigrations, @namespace);
            foreach (var resource in embededResources)
                options.EmbeddedResources.Add(resource);

            var sources = scaffoldedMigrations.SelectMany(g => new[] { g.UserCode, g.DesignerCode });

            var compilerResults = _codeProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(options, sources.ToArray());
            foreach (var resource in embededResources)
                File.Delete(resource);

            if (compilerResults.Errors.Count > 0)
            {
                throw new InvalidOperationException(BuildCompileErrorMessage(compilerResults.Errors));
            }

            return compilerResults.CompiledAssembly;
        }

        private static string BuildCompileErrorMessage(CompilerErrorCollection errors)
        {
            var stringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

            foreach (CompilerError error in errors)
            {
                stringBuilder.AppendLine(error.ToString());
            }

            return stringBuilder.ToString();
        }

        private static IEnumerable<string> GenerateEmbeddedResources(IEnumerable<ScaffoldedMigration> scaffoldedMigrations, string @namespace)
        {
            foreach (var scaffoldedMigration in scaffoldedMigrations)
            {
                var className = GetClassName(scaffoldedMigration.MigrationId);
                var embededResource = Path.Combine(
                    Path.GetTempPath(),
                    @namespace + "." + className + ".resources");

                using (var writer = new ResourceWriter(embededResource))
                {
                    foreach (var resource in scaffoldedMigration.Resources)
                        writer.AddResource(resource.Key, resource.Value);
                }

                yield return embededResource;
            }
        }

        private static string GetClassName(string migrationId)
        {
            return migrationId
                .Split(new[] { '_' }, 2)
                .Last()
                .Replace(" ", string.Empty);
        }
    }
}

 CreateMigrationHistory.UpdateDatabase(new Configuration());

    public class Configuration : DbMigrationsConfiguration<MyContext>
    {
        public Configuration()
        {
            AutomaticMigrationsEnabled = true;
            AutomaticMigrationDataLossAllowed = true;
        }
    }