Exploring C# Boxing

Boxing in C# has little to do with Saturday night television and quite a bit more however with that part-time job at the warehouse you had as a student. It is an important concept in C# that is related to how the compiler handles different kinds of variables in memory. Knowing how the compiler handles the various types allows you to avoid unexpected side effects in your code. This article explains what boxing is, how it works and how it can negatively effect your code if you don’t pay attention to it.