Generics provides strongly-typed reusability, making it a core enabler of the technologies and methodologies provided in the .Net 2.0 framework and beyond. Generics can be leveraged by your existing system to help provide reusability, increase performance, and facilitate maintainability. In this session we will review the fundamentals of Generics, see how you can leverage it, and investigate its role in .Net 3.5. James Hanauer is a Software Engineer for the ServiceU Corporation, a Memphis-based application service provider (ASP) that hosts event management, ticketing, and PCI compliant transaction processing applications via software as a service (SaaS). His current focus is in enterprise architecture leveraging .NET technologies, service oriented architecture (SOA) principles, enterprise application integration (EAI) design patterns, and the knowledge of others. He possesses experience in developing software for several industries including third party logistics (3PL), utilities, industrial organizational (IO) research, athletics, and veterinary medicine. In addition to the .NET technologies, his technical background also includes ESRI GIS spatial technologies, SQL Server, Oracle, Oracle Forms and Reports, SQL Loader, JavaScript, AJAX, and Classic Microsoft technologies to name a few. Most of all, he enjoys learning from and educating others.