Trackable Entities for EF Core TypeScript Handlebars Templates

Handlebars templates for EF Core scaffolding to generate client-side TypeScript trackable entities. See trackable-entities-js and EntityFrameworkCore.Scaffolding.Handlebars.

Usage

1. Install Trackable Entities for EF Core TypeScript Handlebars Templates.

   dotnet new -i TrackableEntities.Core.Templates.TypeScript
   

2. Create a .NET Core Class Library project.

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

   dotnet new te-templates-typescript
   

4. Add the following NuGet packages to the project.

   • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design
   • Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer
   • 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(ReverseEngineerOptions.EntitiesOnly, LanguageOptions.TypeScript);
       }
   }

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 -f