Repository Pattern vs DAL

Question

Are they the same thing? Just finished to watch Rob Connery\'s Storefront tutorial and they seem to be similar techinques. I mean, when I implement a DAL object I have the G

Answer 1

From what I understand they can mean basically the same thing - but the naming varies based on context.

For example, you might have a Dal/Dao class that implements an IRepository interface.

Dal/Dao is a data layer term; the higher tiers of your application think in terms of Repositories.