* The [command-line interface (CLI) tools for EF Core](/ef/core/miscellaneous/cli/dotnet)
* The [aspnet-codegenerator scaffolding tool](xref:fundamentals/tools/dotnet-aspnet-codegenerator).
* Design time tools for EF Core
* The EF Core SQLite provider, which installs the EF Core package as a dependency.
* Packages needed for scaffolding: `Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design` and `Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer`.
For guidance on multiple environment configuration that permits an app to configure its database contexts by environment, see <xref:fundamentals/environments#environment-based-startup-class-and-methods>.