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Hi Kevin!

In the typical architecture of ASP.NET Core and many other software architectures, the "Models" folder is often used to store classes that represent the application domain entities or business objects, not necessarily for the DTOs.

Therefore, the folder structure can be organized as follows:

"Models" folder:

• This folder usually contains classes that represent the business entities of the domain. These classes represent the main objects with which the application deals, such as “User”, “Product”, “Order”, among others. They can contain domain-related logic, validations, and entity-specific behaviors.

"DTOs" or "ViewModels" folder:

• This is where you put the classes that act as Data Transfer Objects (DTOs) or View Models. These classes are used to transfer data between application layers, especially in REST API scenarios. DTOs are usually simple structures containing only the properties needed to transfer data, without any additional logic.

Sample:

/Models
    - Author.cs
    - Course.cs
/DTOs (ou /ViewModels)
    - AuthorDTO.cs
    - CourseDTO.cs
    - CourseForCreationDtoDTO.cs

Thank you,
[Bruno Melo]