Conclusion

Conclusion

.NET Sockets offers an exciting new way to develop a Winsock application in a new managed code environment of the .NET Application Frameworks. One of its biggest benefits is that you can develop one simple network application that will run on many platforms. Another strong point is that you can use the available methods in the same manner regardless of the programming language used. This chapter introduced you to the basics of network programming in .NET Application Frameworks using C#. You can also easily use the available .NET Sockets methods in Visual C++ and Visual Basic. Chapter 14 describes Winsock programming using Visual Basic.