Quite a bit is going on around the book I am writing, called Entity Framework Core in Action, now that it is on early release. In this short article I want to point you to some resource you might like to look at, and also give you a bit more on the planned content of the book.
Resources available for the book
The following resources are available:
- A slideshare presentation giving you an overview of what’s in the book.
IMPORTANT: discount code in the slideshare presentation! See first slide. - The book page, with links to the first chapter, which is free.
- The GitHub repo with all the code that goes with the book.
NOTE: I use a branch-per-chapter, so you need to select a branch to see the code. - The live site, at http://efcoreinaction.com/ where you can see the example book selling site that I build in chapters 1 to 5, and improve in later chapters.
Note: You can buy an early-access version of my book. You will get the chapters as I write them, and the full book when the book is released. This means you have early access to the information and you get the final book with any updates I make to the chapters before it is releases.
Table of Content for the book
Here is the current table of contents for my book. It is quite possible that a couple of chapter in part 2 and 3 might get too big and be split into two.
Part 1: Introduction to Entity Framework Core
By the end of part 1 you should be able to build a .NET application that uses a relational database, but how the database is organized is left to EF Core; for instance, EF Core’s default configuration will set the type and size of the database columns, which can be a bit wasteful on space. I also look at building and deploying a web application that uses EF Core to handle its database.
The chapters are:
- Introduction to Entity Framework Core
- Querying the database
- Updating the database: Create, Update & Delete
- Using EF Core in Business Logic
- Using EF Core in ASP.NET Core web applications
Part 2: Entity Framework Core In Depth
Part 2 is more of a EF Core reference section. By the end of part 2 you will be able to create a database with the exact type and size of each column, or link to an existing database which has a specific schema. I go deeper into the commands in EF Core’s DbContext and look at different ways of migrating a database.
The chapters are:
- Modelling options for scalar properties
- Modelling options for relationships
- Going deeper into the DbContext
- Handling database migrations
Part 3: Using Entity Framework in real-world applications
Part 3 is all about improving your skills and making you a better developer, and debugger, of EF Core applications. I look at real-world applications of EF Core starting with a range of known patterns and practices that you can use with EF Core with chapters on Unit Testing EF Core applications, extending ER Core, and most importantly how to find and fix EF Core performance issues.
The chapters are:
- Patterns for using EF Core
- Unit Testing EF Core applications
- EF Core performance Tuning
- Extending EF Core
Appendices
A brief introduction to LINQ
Conclusion
A pretty short and sweet post, but I hope it helpful. My next post will be much bigger.
Happy coding!