The Complete Guide to ASP.NET Core MVC (.NET 5) - Add Category Model and push to DB

The video tutorial explains how to add categories to a dropdown by first creating a table in the database. It covers creating a public category model with data annotations, defining properties like ID and name, and ensuring the ID is a primary key. The tutorial then guides through adding the category to the database using migrations, updating the application DB context, and finalizing the changes by pushing them to the database and verifying in SQL Server.

What is the first step to add categories in a dropdown according to the text?

What properties are required for the category model as mentioned in the text?

Explain the significance of the ID property in the category model.

How do you ensure that the name property in the category model is not null?

What steps are involved in pushing the category model to the database?