19.3. Improving Performance in Large Lists
If you deal with huge amounts of data—for example, tens of thousands of records rather than just a few hundred—you know that a good data binding system needs more than sheer features. It also needs to be able to handle a huge amount of data without slowing to a crawl or swallowing an inordinate amount of memory. Fortunately, WPF's list controls are optimized to help you.
In the following sections, you'll learn about several performance enhancements for large lists that are supported by all of WPF's list controls (that is, all controls that derive from ItemsControl), including the lowly ListBox and ComboBox and the more specialized ListView, TreeView, and DataGrid that you'll meet in Chapter 22.
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