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Add clarity to Entity Framework Core tools reference page (#2910)
Co-authored-by: Dan Giddins <daniel.giddins@nottingham.ac.uk>
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# Entity Framework Core tools reference
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The Entity Framework Core tools help with design-time development tasks. They're primarily used to manage Migrations and to scaffold a
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`DbContext` and entity types by reverse engineering the schema of a database.
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The Entity Framework Core tools help with design-time development tasks. They're primarily used to manage Migrations and to scaffold a `DbContext` and entity types by reverse engineering the schema of a database.
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* The [EF Core Package Manager Console tools](xref:core/cli/powershell) run in
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the [Package Manager Console](/nuget/tools/package-manager-console) in Visual Studio.
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Either of the following tools can be installed, as both tools expose the same functionality:
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* The [EF Core .NET command-line interface (CLI) tools](xref:core/cli/dotnet) are an extension to the cross-platform [.NET Core CLI tools](/dotnet/core/tools/). These tools require a .NET Core SDK project (one with `Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"` or similar in the project file).
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* The [EF Core Package Manager Console tools](xref:core/cli/powershell) run in the [Package Manager Console](/nuget/tools/package-manager-console) in Visual Studio. We recommend using these tools if you are developing in Visual Studio as they provide a more integrated experience.
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Both tools expose the same functionality. If you're developing in Visual Studio, we recommend using the **Package Manager Console** tools since
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they provide a more integrated experience.
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* The [EF Core .NET command-line interface (CLI) tools](xref:core/cli/dotnet) are an extension to the cross-platform [.NET Core CLI tools](/dotnet/core/tools/). These tools require a .NET Core SDK project (one with `Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk"` or similar in the project file).
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