AutoMapper and C# – How to Get it Right

AutoMapper is probably one of the most used #dotnet library. It makes our day to day life much easier. However, it simplicity is often misused and the most popular way we use AutoMapper is fundamentally wrong. And I don't say this just as a matter of preference or taste. It just makes our applications perform worse. In this video I show what the problem with AutoMapper actually is and then show some possible ways to fix those problems.

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Contents
1. Intro: 00:00
2. Initial setup overview: 01:27
3. AutoMapper flattening: 03:05
4. Big performance problems: 05:20
5. AutoMapper projections: 10:42
6. Potential architectural problems: 17:49
7. Using ProjectTo on the Mapper directly: 19:33
8. Final concerns: 26:56