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EF Core 8 - Enhancements to JSON column mapping

In this article, we will examine the enhancements introduced in EF Core 8 for the JSON column feature, building upon the foundation laid by JSON colum...

HierarchyId Support in Entity Framework Core

Entity Framework Core supports HierarchyId for efficiently handling hierarchical data in SQL Server. Install the package and configure your project w...

EF Core 8 Primitive collections

Discover the new features in EF Core 8 for working with primitive collections. Before EF Core 8, you had to use workarounds to store lists of primitiv...

Using Complex Types as Value Objects with Entity Framework Core 8.0

I introduce the new Complex Types feature of Entity Framework Core 8.0 and show some examples of how you can use it in your projects built with ABP Fr...

New Raw SQL queries for unmapped types with EF Core 8.0

I would love to talk about the new feature in EF Core 8.0, specifically the raw SQL queries for unmapped types.

Bulk Operations with Entity Framework Core 7.0

With .NET 7, there are two new methods such as ExecuteUpdate and ExecuteDelete available to execute bulk operations.

Value generation for DDD guarded types with Entity Framework Core 7.0

This article explains using of DDD guarded types in ABP application and the new feature of Entity Framework Core 7.0 that provides value generation fo...

Model building conventions in Entity Framework Core 7.0

In this article, I will show you one of the new features of EF Core 7 named "Model building conventions".

Injecting Service Dependencies to Entities with Entity Framework Core 7.0

Why we may need to have references to other services in an entity class and how we can implement Entity Framework Core's new IMaterializationIntercept...

JSON Columns in Entity Framework Core 7

In this article, we will see how to use the new JSON Columns features that came with EF Core 7 in an ABP based application (with examples).