How do you reverse engineer a database in EF Core (DB First) into entity classes & DbContext?

Use the CLI or Package Manager Console:

dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold "YourConnectionString"

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -o Models

Scaffold-DbContext "YourConnectionString"

Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer -OutputDir Models

✅ It generates:

• Entity classes
• DbContext class
• Mappings based on database schema