Practical Entity Framework Core 6: Database Access for Enterprise Applications

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11. Repository and Unit of Work Patterns

Brian L. Gorman¹  

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Jesup, IA, USA

 

In this chapter, you are going to learn about two critical patterns that exist which should be on the radar of every database developer, whether you are using Entity Framework or not. The good news is that EF actually handles a lot of the unit of work (UoW) and repository (Repo) work for you. The bad news is that EF is sometimes not everything that you need when implementing your solutions.

To learn more about these patterns and how you can work with them, you’ll start this chapter by discussing ...