What is the purpose ApplicationDbContext Class in (under IdentityModels.cs file) ASP.NET MVC 5?

Question

I have seen this ApplicationDbContext class in identity models.cs in mvc Template and I am not understanding exactly what is the purpose of this class and how it works. Please shed some light on that.

Answer 1

Assuming you're talking about an asp.net-mvc-5 application: For the default templates, ApplicationDbContext is used for all the ASP.NET Identity database CRUD operations.

If you don't know whats an Entity DBContext is, consider reading this guide.