Monthly Archives: November 2012

IDisposable, Done Right

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Chris Patterson

IDisposable is a standard interface in the .NET framework that facilitates the deterministic release of unmanaged resources. Since the Common Language Runtime (CLR) uses Garbage Collection (GC) to manage the lifecycle of objects created on the heap, it is not … Continue reading →

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Separating Concerns – Part 1: Libraries

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Chris Patterson

Introduction In large applications, particularly in enterprise applications, separation of concerns is critical to ease maintainability. Without proper separation of concerns, applications become too large and too complex, which in turn makes maintenance and enhancement extremely difficult. Separating application concerns … Continue reading →

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