.NET Framework Essentials
.NET Framework Essentials, Third Edition By Thuan L. Thai, Hoang Lam
August 2003
Pages: 380

| Table of Contents | Index | Sample Chapter | Colophon

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1 .NET Overview

    1. Behind Microsoft .NET

    2. The .NET Platform

    3. .NET Framework Design Goals

    4. .NET Framework

  2. Chapter 2 The Common Language Runtime

    1. CLR Environment

    2. CLR Executables

    3. Metadata

    4. Assemblies and Manifests

    5. Intermediate Language (IL)

    6. The CTS and CLS

    7. CLR Execution

    8. Summary

  3. Chapter 3 .NET Programming

    1. Common Programming Model

    2. Core Features and Languages

    3. Language Integration

    4. Summary

  4. Chapter 4 Working with .NET Components

    1. Deployment Options

    2. Distributed Components

    3. COM+ Services in .NET

    4. Message Queuing

    5. Summary

  5. Chapter 5 Data and XML

    1. ADO.NET Architecture

    2. ADO.NET Benefits

    3. Content Components

    4. .NET Framework Data Providers

    5. XML in the .NET Framework

    6. Summary

  6. Chapter 6 Web Services

    1. Web Services in Practice

    2. Web Services Framework

    3. Web Services Provider

    4. Web Services Consumers

    5. Async Web Services

    6. SOAP Header in Web Services

    7. Web Services and Security

    8. Summary

  7. Chapter 7 ASP.NET

    1. ASP

    2. ASP.NET

    3. The System.Web.UI Namespace

    4. Web Form Syntax

    5. ASP.NET Application Development

    6. ASP.NET and Web Services

    7. Data Binding and the Use of Templates

    8. State Management and Scalability

    9. Forms Authentication in ASP.NET

    10. Summary

  8. Chapter 8 Windows Forms

    1. Introducing Windows Forms

    2. The System.Windows.Forms Namespace

    3. Windows Forms Development

    4. Windows Forms and Web Services

    5. Summary

  9. Chapter 9 .NET and Mobile Devices

    1. ASP.NET Mobile Controls

    2. .NET Compact Framework

    3. Summary

  1. Appendix A .NET Languages

    1. Microsoft-Supported Languages for .NET

    2. Third-Party Languages for .NET

  2. Appendix B Common Acronyms

  3. Appendix C Common Data Types

    1. Usage

  4. Appendix D Common Utilities

    1. Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe)

    2. Assembly Registration Utility (gacutil.exe)

    3. MSIL Assembler (ilasm.exe)

    4. MSIL Disassembler (ildasm.exe)

    5. C++ Compiler (cl.exe)

    6. C# Compiler (csc.exe)

    7. Visual Basic Compiler (vbc.exe)

    8. PE File Format Viewer (dumpbin.exe)

    9. Type Library Exporter (tlbexp.exe)

    10. Type Library Importer (tlbimp.exe)

    11. XML Schema Definition Tool (xsd.exe)

    12. Strong Name Utility (sn.exe)

    13. Web Service Utility (wsdl.exe)

  5. Colophon

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