Beginner's Guide: Building an ASP.NET App with Entity Framework Core

A new tutorial on DEV Community walks beginners through building an ASP.NET web service integrated with a SQLite database using Entity Framework Core (EF Core). EF Core is a .NET tool that allows developers to interact with databases through standard C# code, eliminating the need to write raw SQL queries. The guide covers creating a data entity, configuring a DbContext, installing required EF Core packages, and wiring everything together in an ASP.NET application. It also demonstrates a simple service layer that saves records to the database and returns a response. The tutorial requires .NET 10 or later and basic familiarity with C#.