From the course: Learning Entity Framework Core
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Past and present - Entity Framework Tutorial
From the course: Learning Entity Framework Core
Past and present
- [Instructor] Entity Framework has evolved quite a bit over the past few years. The very first version was version 3.5 and I want to put an emphasis on the version because starting with 3.5 is not normal for any type of software, but it shows Microsoft's commitment to try to match and be consistent with the .NET framework. However, later on they became a little bit more loose with that. Now version 3.5 came with its fair share of criticisms, however, with version four, most of these issues were addressed. Also one of the big features that was introduced in version four was the ability to support code first. Version five of Entity Framework came out with the release of .NET 4.5. However, one of the biggest changes that occurred was with version six which was when Microsoft decided to go opensource. Entity Framework 6 was released on CodePlex which was Microsoft's version of an opensource community. In all of these versions of the Entity Framework, though, it relied on the full .NET…
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