Entity Framework Core 2.0 is included with ASP.NET Core 2.0, so it is a natural way to get real data into a website.
Creating entity data models in separate class libraries that are .NET Standard 2.0-compatible so that they can be reused in other types of projects is good practice.
In Visual Studio 2017, choose File | Add | New Project...
.
In the Add New Project
dialog, in the Installed
list, expand Visual C#
, and select .NET Standard
. In the center list, select Class Library (.NET Standard)
, type the name as NorthwindEntitiesLib
, type the location as C:\Code\Part3
, and then click on OK
, as shown in the following screenshot:
In Visual Studio Code, in the Part3
folder, create a folder named NorthwindEntitiesLib
, and open it with Visual Studio Code.
In the Integrated Terminal
, enter the command: dotnet new classlib
.
In Visual Studio Code, open the Part3
folder...