Managing Native Resources in NET

Managing Native Resources in .NET The CLR manages memory very well, but what about native resources obtained from unmanaged code? What should we do to handle them properly? In this case we built a managed wrapper manually for handling native resources, showed what the finalization is all about and at the end explained the usefulness of SafeHandle and its derived classes for managing native resources. ▬▬▬▬▬▬ Connect with me 👋 ▬▬▬▬▬▬ GITHUB - https://github.com/SergeyTeplyakov X/TWITTER - https://x.com/steplyakov LINKEDIN - https://linkedin.com/in/sergeyteplyakov BLOG - https://sergeyteplyakov.github.io/Blog ▬▬▬▬▬▬ T I M E S T A M P S ⏰ ▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 - Intro: Memory Management vs. Resource Management 01:18 - Using Unmanaged Memory in Managed Application 02:16 - Using IDisposable interface 02:39 - Support double disposal 03:20 - Mutable Structs and Hidden Pitfalls 04:25 - Finalizers in .NET and How GC Handles Them 05:00 - GC.Collect and Finalization Queues Explained 05:55 - The differences between Native and Managed resources 06:08 - Wrapping Native Resources with SafeHandle 06:34 - Key Takeaways: Managed vs Unmanaged Resources 👇 Drop your topic suggestions in the comments and let’s keep dissecting together. #dotnet #csharp #memorymanagement #disposepattern #safememory #dotnetgc #interop #dotnetcore #visualstudio #performance #dotnetclr