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Precious Heaney

4 years ago

In this article, we will learn all about Dapper in ASP.NET Core and make a small implementation to understand how it works. Let’s not limit it just with Dapper. We will build an application that follows a very simple and clean Architecture. In this implementation we will try to under Repository Pattern and Unit Of Work as well. Everything put together, this article helps you to understand How Dapper can be used in an ASP.NET Core Application following Repostitory Pattern and Unit of Work. Here is the source code of the entire implementation. Let’s get started.

Table of Contents

  • What is Dapper?
  • Implementing Dapper in ASP.NET Core
  • Creating the MS-SQL Database and Table
  • Getting Started with ASP.NET Core WebApi Project
  • Testing with Swagger
  • Summary

What is Dapper?

Dapper is a simple Object Mapping Framework or a Micro-ORM that helps us to Map the Data from the Result of an SQL Query to a .NET Class effeciently. It would be as simple as executing a SQL Select Statement using the SQL Client object and returning the result as a Mapped Domain C# Class. It’s more like an Automapper for the SQL World. This powerful ORM was build by the folks at StackOverflow and is definitely faster at querying data when compared to the performance of Entity Framework. This is possible because Dapper works directly with the RAW SQL and hence the time-delay is quite less. This boosts the performance of Dapper.

Implementing Dapper in ASP.NET Core

We’ll build a simple ASP.NET Core 3.1 WebAPI following a Clean Architecture , Repository Pattern and Unit of Work. At the Data Access Layer, we will be using Dapper. I will be using Visual Studio 2019 Community Edition as my IDE , and MS-SQL / SQL Management Studio as my RDBMS.

Creating the MS-SQL Database and Table

Let’s create our Database and Related Table First. Open up SQL Management Studio and connect to your local SQL Server. I will add a new database and name is ‘ProductManagementDB’.

create new db

For this demonstration, I will create a simple Product Table with Columns like ID, Name, Description and so on. Set Id as the Primary Key.

set primary key

With Id as the selection, scroll down and Enable the ‘Is Identity’ Property. This makes your ID column auto-increment at every Insert Operation.

set identity

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Dapper in ASP.NET Core with Repository Pattern

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Dapper in ASP.NET Core with Repository Pattern

In this article, we will learn all about Dapper in ASP.NET Core and make a small implementation to understand how it works. Let’s not limit it just with Dapper. We will build an application that follows a very simple and clean Architecture. In this implementation we will try to under Repository Pattern and Unit Of Work as well. Everything put together, this article helps you to understand How Dapper can be used in an ASP.NET Core Application following Repostitory Pattern and Unit of Work.

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