Dapper

Dapper describes itself as "a simple object mapper for .Net". It is one of the earilest "Micro-ORMs" and in keeping with that style, it is exposed as a set of extension methods over ADO.NET's IDbConnection.

Dapper's primary purpose is to handle mapping objects to database parameters and result sets to objects. It does not provide SQL generation.

Supported Databases

Dapper supports any database that offers an ADO.NET provider.

ADO.NET requires the writing of SQL, which is often database specific.

Libraries

• ADO.NET Database Specific Provider
• Dapper

Setup

Dapper uess the same setup as ADO.NET. No additional setup is required.

Documentation and Tutorials

• Quick Start

Bug Reporting

Issues should be logged in the StackExchange/Dapper repository.

Licensing

Dapper is offered under the Apache License version 2.