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A beginner’s guide to mapping arrays in EF Core 8

June 4, 2024 Jun 4, 2024 06/4/24

Arthur Vickers

EF Core 8 introduces support for mapping typed arrays of simple values to database columns so the semantics of the mapping can be used in the SQL generated from LINQ queries.

Announcing: Azure Developers – .NET Day 2024

April 18, 2024 Apr 18, 2024 04/18/24

Mehul Harry

Join us on April 30th for a full day of online training and discover the latest services and features in Azure designed specifically for .NET developers.

Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8) is available today

November 14, 2023 Nov 14, 2023 11/14/23

Arthur Vickers

Announcing EF Core 8 (EF8) with complex types, primitive collections, better JSON, and exciting new query translations!

Trying out MongoDB with EF Core using Testcontainers

November 2, 2023 Nov 2, 2023 11/2/23

Arthur Vickers

An introduction to the MongoDB database provider for EF Core, including use of Testcontainers

EF Core 8 Release Candidate 2: Smaller features in EF8

October 10, 2023 Oct 10, 2023 10/10/23

Arthur Vickers

A tour through some of the smaller features release in Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8) RC 2.

EF Core 8 RC1: Complex types as value objects

September 12, 2023 Sep 12, 2023 09/12/23

Arthur Vickers

Announcing Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8) RC 1 with support for complex types used as value objects

EF Core 8 Preview 4: Primitive collections and improved Contains

May 16, 2023 May 16, 2023 05/16/23

Shay Rojansky

Announcing Entity Framework Core 8 (EF8) Preview 4 with support for primitive collections and improved Contains

Announcing: Azure Developers – .NET Day

March 20, 2023 Mar 20, 2023 03/20/23

Mehul Harry

Join us on April 30th for a full day of online training and discover the latest services and features in Azure designed specifically for .NET developers.