If you've been creating Data Transfer Objects that integrate several objects into one, then you've created what domain-driven design (DDD) calls an aggregate. But there are some rules you need to ...

About a year ago, Patrick Steele did a great job of describing AutoMapper: an absolutely necessary tool if you're using Data Transfer Objects to move data between parts of your application. AutoMapper ...

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Immutability is a feature of functional programming languages that makes programs easier to write, test, and maintain. However, immutability is not supported by many imperative programming languages.