What is Entity Framework Core?
It is a lightweight, extensible, open source and cross-platform version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology. It can serve as an object-relational mapper (O/RM), enabling .NET developers to work with a database using .NET objects, and eliminating the need for most of the data-access code they usually need to write.
Entity Framework Core is a tool in the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) category of a tech stack.
Entity Framework Core is an open source tool with 9K GitHub stars and 2.3K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Entity Framework Core's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Entity Framework Core?
Companies
35 companies reportedly use Entity Framework Core in their tech stacks, including accuRx, XYZ Technology, and VTS.
Developers
275 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Entity Framework Core.
Entity Framework Core Integrations
MySQL, PostgreSQL, C#, Microsoft SQL Server, and SQLite are some of the popular tools that integrate with Entity Framework Core. Here's a list of all 14 tools that integrate with Entity Framework Core.
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Entity Framework Core's Features
- Lightweight
- Extensible , Cross Platform
- ORM
- .NET Core
- .NET Framework
Entity Framework Core Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Entity Framework Core?
Entity Framework
It is an object-relational mapper that enables .NET developers to work with relational data using domain-specific objects. It eliminates the need for most of the data-access code that developers usually need to write.
NHibernate
It is a mature, open source object-relational mapper for the .NET framework. It's actively developed, fully featured and used in thousands of successful projects.
Hibernate
Hibernate is a suite of open source projects around domain models. The flagship project is Hibernate ORM, the Object Relational Mapper.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system
that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including
transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types
and functions.
