What is a DTO? Data Transfer Object

What is a DTO (Data Transfer Object) and why should you use one?

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Index
0:00 Introduction
0:22 JSON data an REST API
1:00 DTO makes a data class more presentable by hiding sensitive data
2:20 Mapping and automapping from a class to a dto
3:00 Combine two classes by bundling properties into a single dto
4:15 DTO can provide a calculated data property
6:10 DTO can protect your api from breaking updates

[EminoMeneko]

Best explanation I found so far. Simple, right to the point is what I love.

[issammansour]

After hours of searching to understand DTOs, I don't get the point of using it and finally I found this amazing explanation.
So understandable and clear 💯
Thank you so much

[tylerbenton]

I want to say thank you so much. I've been struggling to understand DTOs and why they're so useful. This video has helped me fully understand it and why I should want to implement this.

[oz]

This is the best explanation for this subject. I have been scratching my head trying to understand it until I watched this video. Thank you.

[staleciabatta]

Thank you so much for this! You presented the information very well and helped me understand DTO's.

[Azm]

I've been learning a lot in here, hopefully this get me back on track with this industry I'm missing so much! Thank sir

[mnmn]

The best video about DTO, Thanks Professor 😀

[josbexerra]

Gracias Mister Sluiter....muy bien de los andes peruanos

[hroman_codes]

Thank you this was the best video I found explaining DTOs 👍

[caiomaia]

Your explanation was quite clear, thank you. It helped me a lot.

Thank you for great explanation. Code photos made it easy to understand.

[paulfriedrichschulz]

Thank you for the video it helped me a lot to understand the DTO concept

[adventurer]

After watching many videos on this topic, your explanation has been the best: to the point, clear, visual, and with great examples. Question:  If you're using an ORM that gives you the option to hide/select the fields you want when data is returned from the database, can you ignore having the DTO and only stick with your model/domain objects for simplicity/less maintenance? Or does that approach tightly couple my business rules to a particular db implementation? Thank you!

[philbowden]

Excellent...thank you! I subscribed :-)

[lukababu]

This is like a graph in GraphQL! As someone coming from a React/node