Effective C#: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your C#, Third Edition

2. .NET Resource Management

The simple fact that .NET programs run in a managed environment has a big impact on the kinds of designs that create effective C#. Taking advantage of that environment requires changing your thinking from other environments to the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR). It means understanding the .NET garbage collector (GC). It means understanding object lifetimes. It means understanding how to control unmanaged resources. This chapter covers the practices that help you create software that makes the best use of the environment and its features.

Item 11: Understand .NET Resource Management

You can’t be an effective developer without understanding how the environment handles memory and other important resources. In .NET, ...