# Enums

## 📕 Articles
- [Smart enums / Type-safe enums in .NET](https://www.meziantou.net/smart-enums-type-safe-enums-in-dotnet.htm)
- [Series: Enumeration Classes – DDD and beyond](https://ankitvijay.net/2020/06/12/series-enumeration-classes-ddd-and-beyond/)
- [Enumeration classes](https://lostechies.com/jimmybogard/2008/08/12/enumeration-classes/)
- [Use enumeration classes instead of enum types](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/microservice-ddd-cqrs-patterns/enumeration-classes-over-enum-types)
- [Introduction to Enumeration Classes](https://ankitvijay.net/2020/05/21/introduction-enumeration-class/)
- [Enumeration class and JSON Serialization](https://ankitvijay.net/2020/06/01/enumeration-class-serialization/)
- [Reference data as code](https://enterprisecraftsmanship.com/posts/reference-data-as-code/)
- [Enum Alternatives in C#](https://ardalis.com/enum-alternatives-in-c/)
- [Listing Strongly Typed Enum Options in C#](https://ardalis.com/listing-strongly-typed-enum-options-in-c/)
- [Is Enum an Entity or a Value Object?](https://www.getdrip.com/deliveries/247895cxmb7tqv7bsv8w?view_in_browser=true&__s=fk6miphh1sspz3nnxtpu)
- [Create enhanced enum's by using enumeration classes instead of enum types](https://www.netizine.com/post/create-enhanced-enums-using-enumeration-classes)
## 📺 Videos
- [How to write "smarter" enums in C#](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEZ6cF8eoeg)

## 📦 Libraries

- [ardalis/SmartEnum](https://github.com/ardalis/SmartEnum) - A base class for quickly and easily creating strongly typed enum replacements in C#.
- [A C# source generator to create an enumeration class from an enum type.](https://github.com/HamedFathi/EnumerationClassGenerator)