C# reflection: Save development time throughout the project life-cycle

Each assembly generated for the .NET Framework contains metadata which describes the assembly and the classes or structures inside the assembly. By using metadata, reflection can enumerate all classes, structures, and data that an assembly contains. As a powerful feature of the .NET Framework, reflection provides developers with the ability to examine classes and structures at runtime. In this download Zach Smith explains the concept of reflection and how it saves development time throughout the project life-cycle. Are you a proponent of code reflection? What benefits have you derived from code reflection?

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