Using the Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC applications

There is not much difference between using the Entity Framework in a console application and ASP.NET MVC application. Now, we are going to build a simple application with a single screen as shown in the following image. In this screen, we will have a form where the user will enter the information about the employee; once the user submits the form, the information will be saved to the database and reflected in the following screenshots:

Using the Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC applications

We can create a simple Model for the employee. We need to build a ViewModel for this View, as we need to get the employee information from the user and we need ...

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