.NET Ecosystem

ASP.NET Core, Entity Framework Core, and related technologies.

ASP.NET Core

• Principal Engineer Guide - Comprehensive ASP.NET Core knowledge

Entity Framework Core

• Principal Engineer Guide - Deep dive into EF Core

Cheatsheets

Quick references for daily development:

• ASP.NET Core Cheatsheet - Middleware, DI, routing, auth
• EF Core Cheatsheet - Queries, migrations, performance

Topics Covered

ASP.NET Core

• Request pipeline and middleware
• Dependency injection
• Configuration and options pattern
• Authentication and authorization
• Minimal APIs vs Controllers
• Background services
• Response caching

Entity Framework Core

• DbContext and DbSet
• Querying with LINQ
• Change tracking
• Migrations
• Performance optimization
• Raw SQL queries