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.NET Core Web API 36 C# Fundamentals 20 Object-Oriented Programming in C# 16 C# Collections and Generics 11 LINQ 17 Asynchronous Programming in C# 17 Advanced C# 14 C# Versions 6

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Backend PART 08

Span<T> and Memory<T> in C#: Allocation-Free Parsing, stackalloc and ref struct Rules

Copy-free slicing and allocation-free parsing with Span<T>, a measured allocation difference, stackalloc and its safe pattern, ref struct restrictions, and Memory<T> for async code.

7 Nov 2026 10 min 15

Backend PART 12

Value Types and Reference Types in C#: Assignment, Copying and the Special Case of string

The difference between value types and reference types in C#: what gets copied on assignment and when passing to a method, why string behaves like a value type, what is right and what is missing in the stack and heap story, equality, boxing, and struct pitfalls in collections.

7 Nov 2026 9 min 8