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This is the only valid answer as far as I’m concerned. No other solution offered allows you to write client-side code, SQL commands, and back-end code all in the same language (in this case, C#).

With the SAFE stack and SQL data providers you can go 100% F#

I would use EF core (code first) even if my app wasn't in dotnet. Migrations and deployments just. work.

Blazor is even better; awesome to be able to use C# both the for the web front end and back-end.

im actually trying to build a kind of admin UI in .NET Core, scaffolding on POCOs through EF Core: https://github.com/cloudy-net/Cloudy.CMS

although it is a little bit in disarray at the moment because of a migration to preact.

.NET Core and Razor Pages are a solid option!