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Clean Code with C#

You're reading from   Clean Code with C# Refactor your legacy C# code base and improve application performance using best practices

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837635191
Length 492 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Jason Alls Jason Alls
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Coding Standards and Principles in C# 2. Chapter 2: Code Review – Process and Importance FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Classes, Objects, and Data Structures 4. Chapter 4: Writing Clean Functions 5. Chapter 5: Exception Handling 6. Chapter 6: Unit Testing 7. Chapter 7: Designing and Developing APIs 8. Chapter 8: Addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns 9. Chapter 9: AOP with PostSharp 10. Chapter 10: Using Tools to Improve Code Quality 11. Chapter 11: Refactoring C# Code 12. Chapter 12: Functional Programming 13. Chapter 13: Cross-Platform Application Development with MAUI 14. Chapter 14: Microservices 15. Assessments 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Lazy evaluation

Lazy evaluation in C# is a functional programming technique that postpones the evaluation of an expression or computation until the result is needed. Instead of immediately computing the value of an expression when it is defined, lazy evaluation allows the value to be computed only when it is requested for the first time. This can improve performance and reduce unnecessary computations, especially for expensive or time-consuming operations.

In C#, lazy evaluation is commonly achieved using the Lazy<T> class, which is part of the .NET Framework. The Lazy<T> class allows us to defer the execution of a computation and ensures that the computation is executed only once, no matter how many times the value is accessed.

Here’s an example of lazy evaluation in C# using Lazy<T>:

using System;public class Example
{
    private static Lazy<int> lazyValue = new Lazy<int>(() => ComputeValue());
   ...
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