Latest Collections Articles

Refresh your skills on the basics of the .NET base classes.

Generic Lists (and, for that matter, most of the collections in the "System.Collections" namespace) are already generics aware.

Collections are a vital element of any object-oriented architecture. This article, by Luther Stanton of Intellinet Corporation, introduces collections, looks at some of the benefits and potential drawbacks of using custom collections versus built-in collection-like elements, and then provides a discussion of interfaces and implementations.

Curious about what to expect in 2005 out of the development community? Check out Bradley Jones' yearly forecast on what to anticipate.

Explains the programming paradigm (including type safety and performance) used within the .NET Framework Base Class Library (BCL) for enumerating objects.

Illustrates how the .NET Framework offers a consistent programming paradigm for working with collections, lists, and dictionaries.