Should I use Entity Framework or Dapper?
Dapper is super awesome to handle complex queries that sport multiple joins and some real long business logic. Entity Framework Core is great for class generation, object tracking, mapping to multiple nested classes, and quite a lot more. So it’s usually Performance and Features when talking about these 2 ORMs.
Can we use Dapper with Entity Framework?
Yes, you can use it that way. Since Dapper is just working on extension methods, you can use it for the performance-sensitive areas of your code. And you can continue to use EF for other areas of your code.
Can you replace the Entity Framework with Dapper?
Sometimes its the Entity framework that kills the performance so the choice when searching for a better ORM than Entity framework is Dapper. In this post, I’ll walk you through how we can replace the existing entity framework code with dapper.
Which is better, Dapper dot net or EF?
It is correct that dapper is faster and lighter than EF but this does not mean that to increase the speed of your application its better to use the dapper. EF is powerful enough to handle the whole data layer if you suffer from performance you have to introduce new feature like caching or no sql db.
Which is better LINQ to SQL or Dapper?
Writing code in LINQ to SQL is more productive than writing in Dapper. But, when it comes to performance dapper wins over entity framework. We can have both LINQ to SQL and entity framework code in the same class to access the database. But, this is not a good design consideration as we may be switching to a better performing ORM tomorrow.
Can you share an EF connection with Dapper?
You can share the EF connection with Dapper. However (although unlikely to be a problem) you should be mindful of concurrency issues (e.g. due to attempts to associate multiple data readers with the same connection).