Migrations, quick ================= View > Other Windows > Package Manager Console Default project: DataLayer Startup project: DataLayer since we have mult contexts, must use -context: Add-Migration MyComment -context LibationContext Update-Database -context LibationContext Startup project: reset to prev. eg: LibationWinForms Migrations, detailed ==================== if only 1 context present, can omit -context arg: Add-Migration MyComment Update-Database Migrations, errors ================= if add-migration xyz throws and error, don't take the error msg at face value. try again with add-migration xyz -verbose ERROR: Add-Migration : The term 'Add-Migration' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program SOLUTION: add nuget pkg: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools SqLite config ============= relative: optionsBuilder.UseSqlite("Data Source=blogging.db"); absolute (use fwd slashes): optionsBuilder.UseSqlite("Data Source=C:/foo/bar/blogging.db"); Logging/Debugging (EF CORE) =========================== Once you configure logging on a DbContext instance it will be enabled on all instances of that DbContext type using var context = new MyContext(); context.ConfigureLogging(s => System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(s)); // write to Visual Studio "Output" tab //context.ConfigureLogging(s => Console.WriteLine(s)); see comments at top of file: Dinah.EntityFrameworkCore\DbContextLoggingExtensions.cs