Entity Framework not appearing in Add New Item list in Visual Studio 2017

Question

I created a new MVC project in Visual Studio 2017. I wanted to add an EDMX file (I will be doing database-first) so right clicked on the project and selected Add|New Item.

Answer 1

In .NET Framework-based projects, the Entity Framework 6 templates are still there. However, for .NET Core-based projects, I believe you're expected to use the dotnet ef commands. This includes a means of scaffolding a code-first DbContext from an existing database. See ASP.NET Core - Existing Database.

To verify this, I setup a demo project with the following structure:

The New Item/Data dialog for the .NET Framework project:

Note that there is also an EF POCO Generator template available in the Online templates section that may be of interest to you: