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Apps and Services with .NET 8

You're reading from   Apps and Services with .NET 8 Build practical projects with Blazor, .NET MAUI, gRPC, GraphQL, and other enterprise technologies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837637133
Length 798 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Apps and Services with .NET 2. Managing Relational Data Using SQL Server FREE CHAPTER 3. Building Entity Models for SQL Server Using EF Core 4. Managing NoSQL Data Using Azure Cosmos DB 5. Multitasking and Concurrency 6. Using Popular Third-Party Libraries 7. Handling Dates, Times, and Internationalization 8. Building and Securing Web Services Using Minimal APIs 9. Caching, Queuing, and Resilient Background Services 10. Building Serverless Nanoservices Using Azure Functions 11. Broadcasting Real-Time Communication Using SignalR 12. Combining Data Sources Using GraphQL 13. Building Efficient Microservices Using gRPC 14. Building Web User Interfaces Using ASP.NET Core 15. Building Web Components Using Blazor 16. Building Mobile and Desktop Apps Using .NET MAUI 17. Epilogue 18. Index

Managing data with EF Core

EF Core is an object-relational mapper (ORM) that uses ADO.NET underneath when working with SQL Server. Because it is a higher-level technology, it is not as efficient as using ADO.NET directly, but it can be easier for developers to work with because they can treat the data as objects instead of rows in multiple tables. This should feel more natural for an object-oriented developer.

EF Core 8 only targets .NET 8. EF Core 7 targeted .NET 6, so it could be used with both the Long Term Support (LTS) release of .NET 6 and the Standard Term Support (STS) release of.NET 7, as shown in Figure 3.1:

Figure 3.1: EF Core 7 targeted .NET 6 or later

When EF Core 9 is released in November 2024, we can expect it to target .NET 8 or later, so you can upgrade EF Core while still getting long-term support for the .NET 8 platform. The EF Core team is responsible for making sure that you will be able to swap 8 for 9 in the version number of their packages...

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