Whirlwind 1: What's new in C# 2 - Generics

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Bruce Kyle of Microsoft and Stuart Celarier of CheckFree explore the new languages features in C#. It's a whirlwind tour of the important language features since C# 1. Stuart describes the feature and why it is useful. But doesn't get into best practices nor suggested usages. Just the facts about the feature.

Whirlwinds are bite-sized webcasts, each is shorter than 15 minutes. You can start anywhere in the series to learn about the parts you're most interested in.

In Part 1 about generics, Stuart describes:

• What generics are.
• How generics compare with collections.
• How the compiler treats generics.
• He also describes how generics increase performance and save memory.

This feature is part of C# 2 in .NET 2.0.

Duration: 7:00

Discover the entire series on C#.

What's new in C# 2

• Whirlwind 1 - Generics
• Whirlwind 2 - Iterators
• Whirlwind 3 - Partial types, Anonymous methods
• Whirlwind 4 - Accessors, Static Classes, Nullable Types

What's new in C# 3

• Whirlwind 5 - Automatically Implemented Properties, Type Inference, Initializer
• Whirlwind 6 - Anonymous types, Extension method 
• Whirlwind 7 - Lambda Expressions
• Whirlwind 8 - Linq

What's new in C# 4

• Whirlwind 9 - Introducing C# 4 
• Whirlwind 10 - Dynamic Lookup 
• Whirlwind 11 - Named & Optional Parameters 
• Whirlwind 12 - More COM Love 
• Whirlwind 13 - Covariance & Contravariance 
• Whirlwind 14 - Events

For the latest news for developers and ISVs, see US ISV Developer Community blog.

For code samples and additional information on C# 4, see Visual Stuart.NET