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This tutorial has not been upgraded to ASP.NET Core 2.1. It has been updated for ASP.NET Core 5.0.  The ASP.NET Core 2.0 version of this tutorial is available by selecting **ASP.NET Core 2.0** above the table of contents or at the top of the page:

![tutorials ](~//data/ef-rp/read-related-data/_static/2.1.png)

The ASP.NET Core 2.1 [Razor Pages](xref:data/ef-rp/intro) version of this tutorial has many improvements over the 2.0 version.

The 2.0 tutorial teaches ASP.NET Core MVC and Entity Framework Core with controllers and views. The Razor Pages tutorial has been updated with the following improvements:

* Is easier to follow. For example, the scaffolding code has been significantly simplified.
* Provides more EF Core best practices.
* Uses more efficient queries.
* Uses the latest EF Core API.

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