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Database PART 23

EF Core and Architecture: Repositories, the Read Side of CQRS and Moving to Dapper

With real SQL we see how a generic repository silently moves the WHERE into memory, and discuss DbContext already being a unit of work. We finish the core block with an aggregate-specific repository, projections on the CQRS read side and Dapper sharing the same connection and transaction.

5 Nov 2026 10 min 5

Database PART 01

What Is Entity Framework Core? The ORM Idea and EF Core's Architecture

Starting from plain ADO.NET code we see why ORMs exist: EF Core's DbContext, model, provider and change tracker, the different SQL SQLite and SQL Server generate from the same LINQ, EF6 versus EF Core, a Dapper comparison and how the series is organized.

5 Nov 2026 9 min 2