Dapper with C#

   Dapper is best used when you prioritize max performance and total control over SQL. While Entity Framework (EF) Core is a feature-rich Object-Relational Mapper (ORM) designed for productivity, Dapper is a "micro-ORM" that provides a thin, high-speed layer over ADO.NET.

Key Reasons to Choose Dapper Over EF Core

• Superior Performance: 
•    No Change Tracking: 
•    No Query Generation Overhead: no LINQ-to-SQL translation, or entity translation
•    Benchmarks often show Dapper is significantly faster, especially for large datasets or high-frequency read operations.
• Full SQL Control: You write raw SQL directly, giving you complete flexibility to use database-specific features like Common Table Expressions (CTEs), window functions, or specialized joins that might be difficult to express in LINQ.
• Reduced Memory Allocation: Because it lacks the heavy state-management infrastructure of EF Core, Dapper typically consumes less memory per operation.
• Seamless Integration with SPs: Dapper handles stored procedures natively without the configuration constraints or conventions often required by EF Core.
• Handling Legacy Databases: In environments with complex, poorly designed schemas or extensive existing SPs, Dapper is often easier to implement than trying to map a strict EF Core model to the legacy structure.
• Boilerplate Elimination:

EXAMPLE:

var product = connection.QuerySingleOrDefault<Product>(
    "SELECT * FROM Products WHERE Id = @Id", 
    new { Id = productId }
);