If you’re just starting out with computer programming, you probably found this article by searching “how to use arrays” or something similar. Arrays appear in nearly every programming language, and they’re an essential data structure for organizing and manipulating pieces of...
As a beginner, you may have heard other programmers talk about ‘boxing’ and ‘unboxing’ and wondered what was going on. Did someone get a gift? Are they moving houses? Turns out, boxing and unboxing are programming concepts that have to do...
I’ve had a lot of students get hung up on getters and setters when they first start implementing object-oriented programming principles–especially in C#, because its auto-properties can feel a little too much like magic. In the simplest terms, getters and setters...
