We’ll look at both general functionality and how that functionality would be implemented using three different styles of ORM: Entity Framework, Dapper, and Tortuga Chain.

In our previous article, Implementation Strategies for the Repository Pattern with Entity Framework, Dapper, and Chain, we looked at the basic patterns needed to implement a repository.In many ...

However, it’s just another anti pattern and is used frequently with Entity Framework to abstract calls to the data access layer. In my opinion, using a generic repository is generalization too far.

The following is a generic repository for Entity Framework 6 with methods for both synchronous and asynchronous data operations. When you create an instance of your repository service, ...

For that, you can draw on design patterns such as the repository and unit of work patterns. ... In Entity Framework or Entity Framework Core, a DbContext represents the gateway to the database.