What is the difference between List and Library?

Document plays the major role in the library.In library, the minor version, Check-in, checkout, publishing features are available.In list, metadata plays vital role and list has the attachment and major version features .

List is a class While Library has several classes

Lists: Can have attachments Have major versions only Do not have Check-in/Check-out features Libraries: Cannot have attachments (files are directly in the library) Have both minor (draft) and major (published) versioning Have Check-in/Check-Out Publishing Libraries can use Page Layouts Have Unique Document Ids out of the box

A LIST is an object which holds variables in a specific order. The type of variable that the list can store is defined using the generic syntax. Here is an example of defining a list called numbers which holds integers. A library can be made of a single file or as many files as necessary. A file that is part of a library can contain one or more classes. Each class should implement a behavior that can eventually be useful and accessible to other classes. The classes in a library are created exactly like those of other programs.

What is SharePoint list? Any web part in SharePoint that holds content is a SharePoint list. What is SharePoint library? A library in SharePoint is essentially a special list, created specifically to store documents. That’s all it is. It is a special web part that already exists in SharePoint (called Document Library) that allows to store documents and has all the functionality around documents (document preview, versioning, check-in/check-out, document approval, file type breakdown, etc.)

Lists: • Can have attachments • Have major versions only • Do not have Check-in/Check-out features Libraries: • Cannot have attachments (files are directly in the library) • Have both minor (draft) and major (published) versioning • Have Check-in/Check-Out • Publishing Libraries can use Page Layouts • Have Unique Document Ids out of the box

LIST : 1. Don’t have Check in Check Out feature. 2. Have Major Versioning only. 3. We can attach multiple files to a List Item. 4. “Upload Document”, “Download a Copy” option not available. 5. Attached document is not searchable by Title. 6. Cannot display the name of attached file (only See paperclip symbol). Library : Have Check in Check Out feature. 2. Supports Minor (draft) and Major (Published) versioning. 3. 1 Library item cannot have multiple files. 4. “Upload Document”, “Download a Copy” option is available. 5. Can perform search by title of a document. 6. Able to see Title of document and can also rename the title.