(All My Notes are attributed/sourced from the Resources directly preceding them.)
Summary
EF Core (Entity Framework) is a data access model that can create API Databases with Code and can be used with Web Apps.
This model can be seeded with data using:
Model Seed - Database is seeded with script
Manual Migration customization
Custom initialization logic
.NET Core has an encryption setting that you can activate with code called User Secrets. This enables you to encrypt the private information your users enter into your app.
Resources
Tutorial: Get started with EF Core in an ASP.NET MVC web app