data-efcore-patterns

EF Core NoTracking is configured by setting the default query tracking behavior to NoTracking on your DbContext, boosting read performance while allowing explicit tracking when needed for write operations.

The best way to run EF Core migrations before app startup is using a dedicated migration service pattern, which isolates database seeding during tests and ensures the schema is updated reliably prior to application execution.

You can safely perform bulk updates in EF Core using ExecuteUpdate and ExecuteDelete, which execute single SQL statements directly against the database, avoiding the need to load entities into memory.

EF Core requires an execution strategy to gracefully retry transient failures, ensuring that database operations can recover from temporary connectivity issues while preserving data integrity.

Managing DbContext lifetime in dependency injection requires proper DI lifetime configuration for ASP.NET Core, background tasks, and long-lived components to prevent concurrency issues and ensure safe data access.

You should never edit EF Core migration files manually; maintaining a clean migration history ensures reliable deployments and prevents schema drift when using CLI tools to manage migrations.