What is the use of C# Automapper ?

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Automapper is a simple reusable component which helps you to copy data from object type to other. Automapper is used very widely in MVC and C# projects.

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[sanketss]

The simplest video on using AutoMapper, excellent stuff as always :)

[kunalshah]

The simplest and the best one I could find online. Thank you.

[hongcai]

Thank you for the vid, you are very good teacher. i am following C# tutorials from udemy and the course didn't explain all these packages and your video enlightened me a ton. Millions of thanks!

[aftabkashif]

Zabardast video Koirala ji. Loads of love for you from across the border!

[RobinRana]

I din't knew how to map properties with different names..
Thank you so much...now I do.... :)

[Linkario]

Simple and straightforward. All I ever asked for.
Thank you!

[roomuser]

Best Explanation as Always.. Love the way you narrate.. :)

[johannesgansowen]

i like these kind of videos... Good explanation.

[DanielPila]

Very simple an easy to understand example. Thanks for the video.

[vincentsolon]

A very simple and a very informative video. Thanks

[tmkhandl]

Koirala, brother u did great job. It seems ur passion. Thanks alot for nice video

[melodysaga]

I don't know how people can dislike this video, Though the count is very low but WHY? .. Sir, you explained so nicely.

[sandipsandal]

Perfect explanation to understand AutoMapper.. Thank U sir

[MrElChristoph]

Good explanation, nice video. Thanks.

[joseuseche]

It was a great vídeo my friend. Practical and simple.

[JagadeeshMusali]

Good explanation with a simple example

[amland]

Thanks Sir, however from 30000 feet above it seems we are saving lines of code from one end (not mapping class properties one by one) and writing to the other end.(Assuming the property name won't usually match)

[prateekchaurasiya]

Best explanation. and simple and complete.

[victorchisomnwisu]

Most of the time I want to add additional properties to a POCO like an IFormFile.
Is it still better to create an automapper for this or can I subclass the model class in the viewmodel class then unbox into the model class when I want to persist to dB.
Like so
public class User{}
public class UserViewModel : User{
//some properties...
}
void addUser(UserViewModel uvm) {
//some manipulations
//like saving image to wwwroot
//and assigning location to profileURL

User model = uvm;
//code to persist
}