Is this the best way to convert List<T> from models to ObservableCollection<T> in views?

In MVVM development I am constantly converting `List<T>` from my models to `ObservableCollection<T>` for my views. I looked around in .NET for a way to succinctly do this e.g. such as `.ToList<>` or `.ToArray<>` or `.ToDictionary<>` but couldn't find anything similar for ObservableCollection. Therefore I made the following extention method `ConvertToObservableCollection<T>()`. Is there a better way to convert `List<T>` to `ObservableCollection<T>`, or does every MVVM developer end up writing this extension method at some point? ``` using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Collections.ObjectModel; namespace TestObser228342 { public partial class Window1 : Window { public Window1() { InitializeComponent(); List<string> names = new List<string> { "one", "two", "three" }; ObservableCollection<string> ocNames = names.ConvertToObservableCollection<string>(); ocNames.ToList().ForEach(n => Console.WriteLine(n)); List<Customer> customers = new List<Customer> { new Customer { FirstName = "Jim", LastName = "Smith" }, new Customer { FirstName = "Jack", LastName = "Adams" }, new Customer { FirstName = "Collin", LastName = "Rollins" } }; ObservableCollection<Customer> ocCustomers = customers.ConvertToObservableCollection<Customer>(); ocCustomers.ToList().ForEach(c => Console.WriteLine(c)); } } public static class StringHelpers { public static ObservableCollection<T> ConvertToObservableCollection<T> (this List<T> items) { ObservableCollection<T> oc = new ObservableCollection<T>(); foreach (var item in items) { oc.Add(item); } return oc; } } public class Customer { public string FirstName { get; set; } public string LastName { get; set; } public override string ToString() { return FirstName + " " + LastName; } } } ```