Part A:

After completing the Reading Assignments and the Lecture, please post a reply message in Main to :

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a) Explain what is meant by value type and reference type objects in C#. Explain the differences, providing an example of each. Write the code for an example of each. Develop your examples, instead of using examples from the textbook or the Internet.
Ref: Visual C# 2010, Chapter 4, page 118

(b) Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:
What are the differences between a list and an array? Provide an example in which one would be more appropriate than the other. Explain why.

Ref: Visual C#2010, Chapter 8, page 280, "Arrays"

Starting Out with Visual C#, page 562, "Storing Class Type Objects in Arrays and Lists"

Starting Out with Visual C#2010, pages 444-450, "The List Collection"

Part B:

After reading the material in the noted references and the Lecture:

Write a 200- to 300-word short-answer response to the following:

(a) What are the advantages of separating logic from presentation?

Ref: The Model-View-ViewModel Pattern

http://www.wpftutorial.net/MVVM.html

(b) What are the differences between using the Dispatcher synchronously and asynchronously?

(c) Provide a code example for each case

Ref: Build more responsive Applications with the Dispatcher

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163328.aspx.