Solutions Architect | Developer | Blogger
Solutions Architect | Developer | Blogger
When I first tried using EF Core with Minimal APIs, I honestly thought it would be just a smaller version of a regular Web API controller setup. I was wrong. It’s simple, yes, but it forces you to think differently…
When I first started mixing EF Core with Blazor WebAssembly, I honestly thought it would be as simple as plugging in my DbContext on the client side and running some queries. I mean, why not, right? Just pull the data…
When I first started using EF Core inside an ASP.NET Core project, I honestly didn’t think too much about dependency injection. I just wanted to run queries, get data, and move on. But after a few projects and some mistakes…
When I first started with Entity Framework Core, I thought LINQ was just a convenient way to avoid writing SQL manually. And honestly, that’s how most of us begin, just trying to fetch a few records without touching raw SQL.…
When I first started using EF Core in one of my projects, I thought seeding data was just about throwing some “default” values into the database. You know, like inserting an admin user or a few predefined roles so the…
In one of my previous projects, a complex multi-tenant inventory management system. I had to make a big decision early on while working with Entity Framework Core: should I use Data Annotations or the Fluent API? At first, it felt…
I still remember the first time I ran my EF Core migration in one of my projects, it was for a payment system where we needed to store EMV transaction logs. I thought, “This will probably take the whole day,…
In one of my client projects a few years ago, we had to extend an existing HR and payroll system. At first, I thought it would just be another Code-First Entity Framework (EF) task. After all, that’s what I’ve always…
I remember when I was just starting to use Entity Framework (EF) seriously in one of my previous projects, a financial settlement system, the biggest hurdle for me was not the queries or migrations. It was understanding how everything in…
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re either just starting with Entity Framework Core or you’re moving an older project to .NET 9 and want a quick but reliable setup guide. I’ve been in the same boat before, when we…
