Chapter 9: Collections

I think we can say without hesitation that vast majority of programs makes use of some kind of a container for data – a collection. Almost every real world app, at some point will need to store a collection of data in order to perform some operations. For example a CRM system needs to retrieve a collection of contacts from a database and probably sort them; or a calendar app that shows all events planned for a given day – that's also a collection of elements that needs to be retrieved and displayed. In fact, it is hard to imagine a program that does not need any collection – well, maybe except a “Hello, world” or alike.

In this chapter, we will learn about Bosque core collections. We will cover concepts such as List, Map, ...

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