Dapper with C#
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 typic...