# ent-framework

## ent-framework

- [Ent Framework](https://docs.ent-framework.net/readme.md)
- [Code Structure](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/preamble.md)
- [Connect to a Database](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/connect-to-a-database.md)
- [Create Ent Classes](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/create-ent-classes.md)
- [VC: Viewer Context and Principal](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/vc-viewer-context-and-principal.md)
- [Ent API: insert\*()](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-insert.md)
- [Built-in Field Types](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/built-in-field-types.md)
- [Ent API: load\*() by ID](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-load-by-id.md)
- [N+1 Selects Solution](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/n+1-selects-solution.md)
- [Automatic Batching Examples](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/automatic-batching-examples.md)
- [Ent API: select() by Expression](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-select-by-expression.md)
- [Ent API: loadBy\*() Unique Key](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-loadby-unique-key.md)
- [Ent API: update\*()](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-update.md)
- [Ent API: deleteOriginal()](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-deleteoriginal.md)
- [Ent API: count() by Expression](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-count-by-expression.md)
- [Ent API: exists() by Expression](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-exists-by-expression.md)
- [Ent API: selectBy() Unique Key Prefix](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-selectby-unique-key-prefix.md)
- [Ent API: upsert\*()](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/ent-api-upsert.md)
- [Privacy Rules](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/privacy-rules.md)
- [Validators](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/validators.md)
- [Triggers](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/triggers.md)
- [Custom Field Types](https://docs.ent-framework.net/getting-started/custom-field-types.md)
- [Ent API: Configuration and Types](https://docs.ent-framework.net/ent-api-configuration-and-types.md)
- [Replication and Automatic Lag Tracking](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/replication-and-automatic-lag-tracking.md)
- [Sharding and Microsharding](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/sharding-microsharding.md)
- [Sharding Terminology](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/sharding-terminology.md)
- [Locating a Shard and ID Format](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/locating-a-shard-id-format.md)
- [Sharding Low-Level API](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/sharding-low-level-api.md)
- [Shard Affinity and Ent Colocation](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/shard-affinity-ent-colocation.md)
- [Inverses and Cross Shard Foreign Keys](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/inverses-cross-shard-foreign-keys.md)
- [Shards Rebalancing and pg-microsharding Tool](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/shards-rebalancing-and-pg-microsharding-tool.md)
- [Connection Pooling](https://docs.ent-framework.net/scalability/connection-pooling.md)
- [Database Migrations and pg-mig Tool](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/database-schema-migrations.md)
- [Ephemeral (Symbol) Fields](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/ephemeral-symbol-fields.md)
- [Atomic Updates and CAS](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/atomic-updates-and-cas.md)
- [Custom Field Refactoring](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/custom-field-refactoring.md)
- [VC Flavors](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/vc-flavors.md)
- [Query Cache and VC Caches](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/query-and-custom-caches.md)
- [Loaders and Custom Batching](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/loaders-and-custom-batching.md)
- [PostgreSQL Specific Features](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/postgresql-specific-features.md)
- [Query Planner Hints](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/query-planner-hints.md)
- [Cluster Maintenance Queries](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/cluster-maintenance-queries.md)
- [Logging and Diagnostic Tools](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/logging-and-diagnostic-tools.md)
- [Composite Primary Keys](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/composite-primary-keys.md)
- [Passwords Rotation](https://docs.ent-framework.net/advanced/passwords-rotation.md)
- [Abstraction Layers](https://docs.ent-framework.net/architecture/abstraction-layers.md)
- [Ent Framework, Meta’s TAO, entgo](https://docs.ent-framework.net/architecture/ent-framework-metas-tao-entgo.md)
- [JIT in SQL Queries Batching](https://docs.ent-framework.net/architecture/jit-in-sql-queries-batching.md)
- [To JOIN or not to JOIN](https://docs.ent-framework.net/architecture/to-join-or-not-to-join.md)


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