Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the most important principles of OOP is the DRY principle – Don’t Repeat Yourself. Inheritance is an aspect of OOP that facilitates code reuse and eliminates duplication. In this post I talk about the next of the OOP Pillars – Inheritance in C#. If you missed my previous post on Encapsulation, you can […]
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OOP Pillars – Encapsulation in C#
Reading Time: 3 minutes In this article I talk about one of the first of the OOP Pillars – Encapsulation in C#. To fully understand encapsulation, you must have a basic knowledge of Classes in C#. Therefore, if you’re new to C# or need a refresher on Classes, please see my previous post on classes. Encapsulation is the concept […]
How to use Lazy initialization in C#
Reading Time: 3 minutes Background Lazy initialization (instantiation) is a technique to delay the creation of an object until the first time the application requires the object. This technique provides a mechanism to control when an object is created. Lazy initialization provides an advantage of improving performance by avoiding unnecessary computation and memory footprint. The most typical implementation of […]