public class Person
    {
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
    }

    public class PersonWithCtor
    {
        public PersonWithCtor(string firstName)
        {
            this.FirstName = firstName;
        }

        public string FirstName { get; set; }
    }

Person person = new Person();

var person = new Person();

Person person = new();

Person person = new("User 1");

var personList = new List<Person>
        {
            new ("User 1"),
            new ("User 2"),
            // ...
        };

public void Adopt(Person p)
{
    //...
}

public void CallerMethod()
{
    this.Adopt(new Person("User 1"));
    // C# 9.0
    this.Adopt(new("User 1"));
}

XmlReader.Create(reader, new XmlReaderSettings() { IgnoreWhitespace = true });
// C# 9.0
XmlReader.Create(reader, new() { IgnoreWhitespace = true });

Person person = new
{
   FirstName = "User 2"
};

Person person = new()
{
   FirstName = "User 2"
};

private ConcurrentDictionary<string, ObservableList<Cat>> _catsBefore = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, ObservableList<Cat>>();

private ConcurrentDictionary<string, ObservableList<Cat>> _cats = new(); // C# 9.0

public ObservableCollection<Friend> Friends { get; } = new();

public interface IAnimal
{
}

public class Dog : IAnimal
{
}

public class Cat : IAnimal
{
}

Cat cat = null;
Dog dog = new();
IAnimal animal = cat ?? dog;

(int a, int b) t = new(1, 2); // "new" is redundant

(int a, int b) t = new(); // OK; same as (0, 0)

  <system.webServer>

    <httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files">
      <scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%\system32\inetsrv\gzip.dll" staticCompressionLevel="9" />
      <dynamicTypes>
        <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/x-javascript" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/json" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/json; charset=utf-8" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/atom+xml" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/xaml+xml" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false" />
      </dynamicTypes>
      <staticTypes>
        <add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/x-javascript" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/json" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/json; charset=utf-8" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/atom+xml" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="application/xaml+xml" enabled="true" />
        <add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false" />
      </staticTypes>
    </httpCompression>
    <urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" doDynamicCompression="true" />

  </system.webServer>

<system.webServer>
   <serverRuntime frequentHitThreshold="1" frequentHitTimePeriod="10:00:00" />
</system.webServer>

 C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe unlock config /section:system.webServer/serverRuntime

 <httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files" minFileSizeForComp="1024">

 • All .NET application (Console, ASP.NET 4, WinForms, WPF)
 • Mac and Linux applications (Mono)
 • UWP (Universal Windows Platform)
 • ASP.NET Core applications
 • Can use EF Core in Windows phone and Windows store app

PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools -Pre
PM> Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": "1.0.0"
    }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.0",
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "type": "build"
        },
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": {
            "version": "1.0.0",
            "type": "build"
        }
    },

    "tools": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
            "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
            "imports": [
                "portable-net45+win8"
            ]
        }   
   }
}

{
    "dependencies": {
       // same as before
        "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0"
    }
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   if (env.IsDevelopment())
   {
      app.UseDatabaseErrorPage();
   }

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class Person
    {
        public int PersonId { get; set; }
        public string FirstName { get; set; }
        public string LastName { get; set; }
    }
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        {
        }

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }
    }
}

protected DbContext()
   : this((DbContextOptions) new DbContextOptions<DbContext>())
{
}

public DbContext([NotNull] DbContextOptions options)
{
  // …
}

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(@"... connection string ...");
        }
    }
}

{
    "ConnectionStrings": {
        "ApplicationDbContextConnection": "Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=TestDbCore2016;Integrated Security = true"
    }
}

    public class Startup
    {
        public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { set; get; }

        public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
        {
            var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
                                .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
                                .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", reloadOnChange: true, optional: false)
                                .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env}.json", optional: true);
            Configuration = builder.Build();
        }

        public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
        {
            services.AddSingleton<IConfigurationRoot>(provider => { return Configuration; });
            services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>(options =>
            {
                options.UseSqlServer(Configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
            });

using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities
{
    public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext
    {
        private readonly IConfigurationRoot _configuration;

        public ApplicationDbContext(IConfigurationRoot configuration)
        {
            _configuration = configuration;
        }

        //public ApplicationDbContext(DbContextOptions<ApplicationDbContext> options) : base(options)
        //{
        //}

        public DbSet<Person> Persons { get; set; }

        protected override void OnConfiguring(DbContextOptionsBuilder optionsBuilder)
        {
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlServer(_configuration["ConnectionStrings:ApplicationDbContextConnection"]);
        }
    }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddDbContext<ApplicationDbContext>();

using System.Linq;
using Core1RtmEmptyTest.Entities;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;

namespace Core1RtmEmptyTest.Controllers
{
    public class TestDBController : Controller
    {
        private readonly ApplicationDbContext _ctx;

        public TestDBController(ApplicationDbContext ctx)
        {
            _ctx = ctx;
        }

        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            var name = _ctx.Persons.First().FirstName;
            return Json(new { firstName = name });
        }
    }
}

 <HintPath>..\..\..\packages\T4MVCExtensions.3.15.0\lib\net40\T4MVCExtensions.dll</HintPath>

 <HintPath>..\packages\EntityFramework.6.1.3\lib\net45\EntityFramework.dll</HintPath>

 Copy "$(ProjectDir)$(OutDir)*.*" "$(SolutionDir)RabbalShopCMS.Web\bin\"

 ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new RazorViewEngine ());

 PM> update-package

 ViewEngines.Engines.Insert(0, engine);

 ViewEngines.Engines.Add(engine);

A connection was successfully established with the server, but then an error occurred during the login process.
(provider: SSL Provider, error: 0 - The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted.)

Data Source=.\\SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=MyTestDb;Integrated Security=true;Encrypt=False;