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Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore

Entity Framework Core is a lightweight and extensible version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology. Commonly Used Types: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbContext Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.DbSet

Total Downloads
2.4B
2,413,940,872
Published
Nov 18, 2019
Latest stable version

Install

.NET CLI
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore --version 3.0.1
Package Manager Console
Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore -Version 3.0.1
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="3.0.1" />

Frameworks

.NETStandard2.1

Dependencies

[3.0.1, )
[3.0.1, )
[1.6.0, )
[4.6.0, )
[4.6.0, )
[4.5.2, )

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