Weekly Dev Tips

Do I Need a Repository? This week we'll answer this extremely common question about the Repository pattern, and when you should think about using it. Sponsor - DevIQ Thanks to DevIQ for sponsoring this episode! Check out their list of available courses and how-to videos. Show Notes / Transcript This week we're going to return to the Repository design pattern to answer a very common question: when should you use it? This question appears very frequently in discussions about Entity Framework or EF Core, usually with someone saying "Since EF already acts like a repository, why would you create your own repository pattern on top of it?" Before we get into the answer to this question, though, let me point out that if you're interested in the repository pattern in general I have a link to a very useful EF Core implementation in the show notes for this episode that should help get you started or perhaps give you some ideas you can use with your existing implementation. Also, just a reminder that we talked