Wrapping Up: Get Started with Repo

We have completed the first stop of our tour of Ecto. We looked at Ecto from a high level, set up a sample application, and learned about the repository pattern and how it’s implemented in Ecto. We dove into the Repo module and started running a few basic CRUD operations. We’re well on our way.

What we’ve learned

• Repo is powerful, but it’s a blunt instrument.
• Ecto has various other tools available to help us with our work.
• We noticed that running queries with raw SQL was somewhat clumsy. Ecto has a better option.