Implementing and Testing Repository Pattern using Entity Framework

There are many blog posts and misconceptions about Repository Pattern, especially since the introduction of the OR/M libraries, like Entity Framework. In this article, we will investigate why this pattern is still useful, what are the benefits of using it and how we can use it in combination with Entity Framework. Even though Microsoft defines its DbContext and DbSet classes as a replacement for this pattern, we will see how this pattern still can help us make our code cleaner.