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Carl-Hugo Marcotte
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Carl-Hugo Marcotte

Carl-Hugo Marcotte is a software craftsman who has developed digital products professionally since 2005, while his coding journey started around 1989 for fun. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science. He has acquired a solid background in software architecture and expertise in ASP.NET Core through creating a wide range of web and cloud applications, from custom e-commerce websites to enterprise applications. He served many customers as an independent consultant, taught programming, and is now a Principal Architect at Export Development Canada. Passionate about C#, ASP.NET Core, AI, automation, and Cloud computing, he fosters collaboration and the open-source ethos, sharing his expertise with the tech community.
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Exploring Mapperly

Mapperly is a newer object mapper library that leverages source generation to make it lightning-fast. There are many ways to create object mappers with Mapperly and many options to adjust the mapping process. The following project is similar to the others but using Mapperly.

We cover the following ways to use Mapperly:

  • Injecting a mapper class
  • Using a static method
  • Using an extension method

Source generators were introduced with .NET 5, enabling developers to generate C# code automatically during the compilation process. These powerful tools serve as an advanced feature that taps into the Roslyn compiler pipeline, allowing for the creation and injection of source code into a project before it is compiled. Source generators help eliminate boilerplate code, ensure type safety, and improve performance by pre-calculating complex or static values. Unlike traditional code generation tools that create additional files, source...

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Carl-Hugo Marcotte

Carl-Hugo Marcotte is a software craftsman who has developed digital products professionally since 2005, while his coding journey started around 1989 for fun. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science. He has acquired a solid background in software architecture and expertise in ASP.NET Core through creating a wide range of web and cloud applications, from custom e-commerce websites to enterprise applications. He served many customers as an independent consultant, taught programming, and is now a Principal Architect at Export Development Canada. Passionate about C#, ASP.NET Core, AI, automation, and Cloud computing, he fosters collaboration and the open-source ethos, sharing his expertise with the tech community.
Read more about Carl-Hugo Marcotte