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C# and TypeScript are both powerful, strongly-typed languages, but they serve different ecosystems. C# is a mature, object-oriented programming language commonly used on the server side, particularly within the .NET ecosystem, where it handles backend logic, data processing, and interactions with databases. TypeScript, on the other hand, is a superset of JavaScript that adds static typing and is primarily used in the frontend world, providing type safety and improved tooling for JavaScript applications. In full-stack applications that use both languages, it's common to need shared data structures for seamless communication between the backend (C#) and the frontend (TypeScript). This is where DTOs (Data Transfer Objects) become critical, as they allow structured, consistent data to move between different parts of an application.

However, defining DTOs in both C# and TypeScript is often a tedious and repetitive task, as the same data structure needs to be duplicated in two languages, often with only minor differences. For instance, a UserDTO defined in C# with properties for id, name, and email must be recreated in TypeScript with the same fields and types to ensure consistency across the backend and frontend. This manual repetition increases the likelihood of errors and maintenance issues, as any change in one language requires a matching update in the other. Automating this process or using tools to generate DTOs in both languages can save time and reduce errors, but without such tooling, the task remains one of the more repetitive and labor-intensive aspects of full-stack development.

Supports:

• Primary data types:
  • boolean
  • number:
    • byte
    • sbyte
    • short
    • ushort
    • int
    • uint
    • float
    • double
    • decimal
  • bigint:
    • long
    • ulong
  • string:
    • string
    • char
  • Date:
    • DateTime
    • DateOnly
    • TimeOnly
  • any:
    • object
    • dynamic
  • void
• Custom data types
• Arrays
  • []
  • List<>
  • IEnumerable<>
  • ICollection<>
• Generics
• Nullables