Reducing Data Transfer Objects using Tuples in C#
I have come across quite a few ASP.NET Core WebAPI solutions where there is a inordinate number of Data Transfer Object (DTO) classes. This results in a kind of class explosion which I think can be avoided. Yes, DTOs do have their utility, no doubt. But, many a times as the application evolves and grows, we often end up with numerous DTOs and these DTOs sometimes differ just by a handful of attributes or in some cases they are a simple composition of multiple entities / DTOs. ...