Entity Framework 7 in Class Library

Question

Can I use a EF7 Code First in a Class Library to be referenced by a Console Application?

I'm preparing/creating a Database to be used in multiple projects in the future. Now I need to play around with EF7 but not in ASP. Im ok with Console.

Now in a console application to management the first data. Then in the Final Release of ASP.NET Core 1.

Thanks.

Answer 1

EF/NuGet

Assuming you are using Visual Studio, you would use the built in NuGet functionality to download and install the package. Here is a detailed tutorial .

The easiest thing to do from that link is to open the Package Manager Console window and type the following: Install-Package EntityFramework . This will install the latest version which happens to currently be 6.1.3 .

EF Without NuGet

If you don't use Visual Studio or you cannot use NuGet for whatever reason, you can manually download the package from the EF NuGet Site and rename it from a .nupkg extension to a .zip extension and extract the DLL from the lib folder.

EF7

Now your question specifically mentions EF7 which is can be installed using NuGet with the following command: Install-Package EntityFramework.Commands -Pre in the Package Manager Console.

If you don't have NuGet, you can follow the steps above or download the source from GitHub and build the DLL yourself. Having said that, it is a RC so use at your own risk.