ReadMe.md

Trackable Entities for EF Core Handlebars Templates

Handlebars templates for EF Core scaffolding to generate trackable entities. See TrackableEntities.Core and EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.

Usage

1. Install Trackable Entities for EF Core Handlebars Templates.

   dotnet new -i TrackableEntities.Core.Templates
   

2. Create a .NET Core Class Library project.

3. Add Trackable Entities Handlebars templates from the project folder.

   dotnet new te-templates
   

4. Add the following NuGet packages to the project.

   • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design
   • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
   • TrackableEntities.EF.Core
   • EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars

5. Add a ScaffoldingDesignTimeServices class that implements IDesignTimeServices

   public class ScaffoldingDesignTimeServices : IDesignTimeServices
   {
       public void ConfigureDesignTimeServices(IServiceCollection services)
       {
           // Add Handlebars scaffolding templates
           services.AddHandlebarsScaffolding();
       }
   }

6. From the command-prompt execute the following:

   • Be sure to create the NorthwindSlim database in SQL Local DB, then run the script from bit.ly/northwindslim.

   dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "Data Source=(localdb)\MSSQLLocalDB; Initial Catalog=NorthwindSlim; Integrated Security=True" Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Models -c NorthwindSlimContext -f --context-dir Contexts