Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3

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.NET 6.0 This package targets .NET 6.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
This is a prerelease version of Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design --version 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design -Version 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design --version 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design, 8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design@8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design&version=8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design&version=8.0.0-preview.4.23259.3&prerelease
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Shared design-time components for Entity Framework Core tools.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
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2.2.1 3,374,674 1/8/2019 2.2.1 is deprecated because it is no longer maintained.
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