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.

When working with EF, novices often make a mistake when it comes to performing updates. Attaching an entity that comes in over the wire is easy, but the pattern isn't something you can just ...

In using the Repository design pattern, you can hide the details of how the data is eventually stored or retrieved to and from the data store. This data store can be a database, an xml file, etc.

Entity Framework can benefit from generic classes frequently because there are so many common operations that can be performed regardless of the data type being acted upon. In a recent post I ...