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[🏫 In-Person] EF Core Architecture, Document Databases, and MongoDB

Thu, Jul 2 · 6:00 PM BST

BJSS, 12 King Street, York, GB

This event will be a single talk on EF Core Architecture, Document Databases, and MongoDB with Arthur Vickers
⚠️ This will be an in-person event, the venue is BJSS Offices.
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## Agenda

🍕 Pizza / Drinks / Networking (18:00 - 18:30)
🗣 Introduction (18:30)
👉 EF Core Architecture, Document Databases, and MongoDB
🍻 Social @ Pub (after the talk)

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## EF Core Architecture, Document Databases, and MongoDB

Join Arthur Vickers for a deep dive into the architecture of Entity Framework Core, the design decisions that shaped one of the most widely used data access frameworks in the .NET ecosystem, and how modern document databases are influencing application design.
Arthur spent many years at Microsoft as a key member of the Entity Framework team, helping shape EF Core into the powerful, extensible, and high-performance ORM used by millions of developers today. Having worked across provider architecture, dependency injection internals, database abstractions, and extensibility systems, Arthur brings a rare behind-the-scenes perspective on how EF Core really works.
In this session, we’ll explore:

• The internal architecture of EF Core
• How database providers plug into the framework
• What happens under the hood when LINQ queries are executed
• How EF Core translates code into database operations

We’ll then move into the world of document databases, exploring how MongoDB fits into modern .NET architectures and what it means to move beyond traditional relational models.
Expect real-world insights, architectural deep dives, and practical trade-offs between relational and document-based approaches. Whether you’re building cloud-scale systems, evaluating MongoDB, or simply curious about EF Core internals, this session will go far beyond surface-level usage.

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## Key Takeaways

● Understand the internal architecture and design principles behind EF Core
● Learn how providers integrate and extend EF Core
● Explore relational vs document database models in practice
● Understand how MongoDB fits into EF Core-based systems
● Gain insight into performance, trade-offs, and real-world data access patterns

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## Audience

Developers**,** Software Architects, Backend Engineers, Database Engineers, and anyone interested in databases and EF Core, and modern data architecture.