What is 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.
Entity Framework is a tool in the Object Relational Mapper (ORM) category of a tech stack.
Entity Framework is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Entity Framework's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Entity Framework?
Companies
67 companies reportedly use Entity Framework in their tech stacks, including Mews, RoofStacks, and productdevelopment.
Developers
283 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Entity Framework.
Entity Framework Integrations
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, SQLite, and .NET are some of the popular tools that integrate with Entity Framework. Here's a list of all 12 tools that integrate with Entity Framework.
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Decisions about Entity Framework
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Entity Framework in their tech stack.
karthikeyan s
Hi Friends, I am planning to create a web and mobile app for eCommerce purposes, which is very similar to Swiggy.com/Zomato. Started this app and created API using .NET Core, Entity Framework, and Microsoft SQL Server as DB. Consuming this API in Flutter for mobile and web UI. Just want some help and suggestions about this selection. Worrying about the application's scalability and performance, please suggest me a good architecture to create this application, which may be used by more people over a period of time.
Entity Framework's Features
- ORM, Work with relational data using domain-specific objects
- Eliminates the need for most of the data-access code
Entity Framework Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Entity Framework?
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.
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.
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.
