# Using AutoMapper for object mapping in .NET

DevFeed: [Using AutoMapper for object mapping in .NET](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/don-t-create-your-own-mapper-let-automapper-do-the-job-21174.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2012/11/dont-create-your-own-mapper-let-automapper-do-the-job/>)

Published: 2012-11-13T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [NuGet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/nuget.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [installation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/installation.md>), [library](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/library.md>), [net](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net.md>), [nuget](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nuget.md>), [tests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tests.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains why developers use DTOs when integrating systems and recommends AutoMapper for mapping between object structures in .NET. It covers installation through NuGet, mapping configuration, automatic property copying, and mappings for non-matching property names.

## Source excerpt

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