Entity Framework

Definitions

1. Microsoft's open-source ORM for .NET that lets developers work with databases using C# objects and LINQ queries instead of raw SQL. Entity Framework Core is the modern, cross-platform version.

   In plain English: Microsoft's tool that lets C# developers talk to databases using normal C# code instead of writing SQL — it translates your code into queries automatically.

   Example: "Entity Framework migrations keep our database schema in sync across dev, staging, and production."

Related Terms

• Active Record
• Blazor
• Delegate
• Ecto
• Eloquent
• Extension Function
• Implicit Typing
• LINQ
• NuGet
• Join Table
• Null Coalescing
• Platform Invoke
• Satellite Assembly