Migrating from Entity Framework 6 to Core

Entity Framework (EF) Core is a lightweight and cross-platform version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology.

In this episode, Diego Vega joins Christos to show us how we can port out Entity Framework 6 code to Entity Framework Core.

• [01:02] - Entity Framework Core Roadmap
• [03:04] -  Entity Framework 6.3 updates.
• [04:44] -  Different flavors EF
• [09:13] -  EF 6 many-to-many mapping Demo
• [16:20] -  Moving to EF Core
• [21:41] - Mapping many-to-many mapping in EF Core
• [25:11] - Updating database existence code
• [27:48] - Include data from navigation properties
• [29:51] -  Defining composite keys in EF Core

Useful Links

• Announcing Entity Framework 6.3 Preview with .NET Core Support
• Entity Framework Core Docs
• Entity Framework 6 Docs