This diagram will help you conceptualize the Entity Framework model process in action:

• The database connection string is stored in the AppSettings.json file
• Models are coded as C# classes that define field properties
• The Context is also a C# class that references the connection string and model classes forming a bridge from your code to physical table storage
• The EF Context can create the database and tables or reference an existing database
• Razor pages use dependency injection to consume the EF context making all referenced tables available to your page model code
• Code in the page model interacts with the EF context to pass data from the database to the page model member variables
• This data is merged with HTML markup to create web pages that are displayed in the browser