using Example.Models; namespace Example.Data { public static class ApplicationDbInitializer { public static void Initialize(ApplicationDbContext db) { // Delete the database before we initialize it. This is common to do during development. db.Database.EnsureDeleted(); // Recreate the database and tables according to our models db.Database.EnsureCreated(); // Add test data to simplify debugging and testing var authors = new[] { new Author("Author 1", "Author 1", new DateTime(1981, 1, 1)), new Author("Author 2", "Author 2", new DateTime(1982, 2, 2)), new Author("Author 3", "Author 3", new DateTime(1983, 3, 3)) }; db.Authors.AddRange(authors); // Finally save the added relationships db.SaveChanges(); } } }