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A step-by-step guide to using EF Core with Azure SQL Database - create the database in Azure Portal, connect and run migrations, add transient-fault resilience, and switch to passwordless Microsoft Entra authentication.
A focused guide to using EF Core in Clean Architecture without repositories. Learn why the Dependency Rule still holds when your Application layer uses DbContext directly, how to keep your handlers small, how to reuse queries, and how to test without mocking. And when a Repository actually makes sense.
Learn why EF Core SaveChanges becomes slow when inserting thousands of rows when returning identity values and how BulkInsert and BulkInsertOptimized from Entity Framework Extensions deliver up to 23x faster performance in SQL Server.
Explore Entity Framework Extensions options: BulkInsert, InsertIfNotExists, InsertKeepIdentity, AutoMapOutputDirection, IncludeGraph, AutoTruncate, batch settings, primary key configuration, column input/output/ignore, coalesce, conditional updates, audit, logging, and provider-specific settings for optimized bulk operations.
Explore the best solution on the market for fast Bulk Inserts in EF Core with Entity Framework Extensions Library. BulkInsert, BulkInsertOptimized, BulkUpdate, BulkDelete, BulkMerge and BulkSynchronize methods.
Explore Named Query Filters in EF Core 10: apply multiple filters to entities for soft deletion and multi-tenancy. Learn best practices with real-world code examples.
Learn how to efficiently retrieve large datasets in Entity Framework Core without hitting SQL Server's 2,100 parameter limit. Discover 5 bulk data retrieval methods from Entity Framework Extensions that dramatically improve performance when querying thousands of entities: WhereBulkContains, WhereBulkNotContains, BulkRead, WhereBulkContainsFilterList, WhereBulkNotContainsFilterList
Learn how to solve performance bottlenecks in EF Core in a real-world application when processing thousands of records. How to use BulkInsert, BulkInsertOptimized, and WhereBulkContains methods from Entity Framework Extensions that reduced API response time from 8 seconds to under 500ms in a real production payment system.
Learn why you don't need the Repository pattern with EF Core. This guide explains how EF Core already implements Repository and Unit of Work, shows best practices for using DbContext directly in N-Layered Architecture, Clean Architecture, and Vertical Slice Architecture. Explore EF Core testability with In-Memory DbContext and integration tests. Explores when a custom repository might still be useful
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