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Discussion on: How YOU can use an ORM in .NET Core and C# to type less SQL -starring Entity Framework

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Templar++

The more I read, the more convinced I am, that a friend's joke about EF is totally true: People use EF, because they don't want to learn SQL and are afraid to use it.

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Chris Noring

As I wrote in my article. It's important to know what SQL EF generates and for reporting queries, for example, you need to write your own SQL. It's important to know when to use a tool and when to rely on SQL. An ORM is NOT a replacement for SQL, it just abstracts away basic SQL.