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When the data requirements of an organization change, the databases used to store the data must also change. If the data is not reliable and available, the system does not serve the business—rather, ...

Learn the benefits of Data Transfer Objects, why they should be immutable, and how to take advantage of them in your ASP.NET Core applications A Data Transfer Object (commonly known as a DTO) is ...