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Programming in the .NET Environment
By Damien  Watkins, Mark  Hammond, Brad  Abrams
Publisher	: Addison Wesley
Pub Date	: November 06, 2002
ISBN	: 0-201-77018-0
Pages	: 560

		Copyright
		Microsoft .NET Development Series
		Titles in the Series
		Foreword
		Preface
			Intended Audience for This Book
			Organization of This Book
			Our Motivation for Writing This Book
			Current Status of the .NET Framework
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.   Introducing the .NET Framework
			Programming Issues
			Solutions
			Comparing the .NET Framework and IDL-Based Systems
			Elements of the .NET Framework
			Exposing the .NET Framework
			Applications and the .NET Framework
			Terminology
			Example: Hello World
			Summary
		Chapter 2.   The Type System
			The Relationship Between Programming Languages and Type Systems
			Elements of the CLR Type System
			Value Types
			Reference Types
			Example: User-Defined Object Type
			Example: Use of Interfaces on Value Types
			Assignment Compatibility
			Nested Types
			Visibility
			Accessibility
			Summary
		Chapter 3.   The Metadata System
			Metadata Issues
			Saving Metadata About Types: IDL Files
			Reflection: Inspection of a Type's Metadata
			Metadata Tools and Extensions
			Dynamic Discovery of Types
			Assemblies and Manifests
			Meta-Programming
			Metadata File Format
			COM Interop
			Summary
		Chapter 4.   The Execution System
			The Execution System Versus Other Component Models
			Intermediate Language
			Starting a CLR Program
			COR Debugger
			Application Domains
			Memory Management
			Security
			Policy Manager
			Stack Walks
			Declarative and Imperative Style
			Summary
		Chapter 5.   Building Applications
			Existing Technologies to Solve Application-Related Problems
			Assemblies
			Example: A Simple Assembly
			Embedded and Linked Resources
			The Assembly Linker
			Public and Private Assemblies
			Assembly Versioning
			Internationalization and Localization
			Application Domains
			Summary
		Chapter 6.   Deploying Applications
			Configuration Files
			Downloading Web Content
			Installing Applications
			Using the CLI on Non-Windows Platforms
			Summary
		Chapter 7.   The Framework Class Library
			A Historical Perspective
			Goals of the .NET Framework
			Design Guidelines
			Namespaces
			Looking Back and Looking Ahead
			Summary
		Appendix  A.   Visual Basic .NET
			Type System Additions
			Type System Modifications
			Platform Changes
			Language Cleanup
			New Features
			Future Directions
			Conclusions
		Appendix  B.   C#
			History and Design Goals
			The C# Type System
			Component-Oriented Development
			Unsafe Code
			Neat Things
			A Stack Component Example
			Future Directions
			C# and Standardization
			Conclusions
		Appendix  C.   Python for .NET
			A Brief Overview of Python
			Python for .NET
			Using Python for .NET
			Limitations of Python for .NET
			Possible .NET and Python Enhancements
			Alternative Implementation Strategies
			Conclusions
		Appendix  D.   Perl and the .NET Runtime
			Perl for .NET Research Compiler
			PerlNET Component Builder
			Supported .NET Features
			PerlNET Status
			Example: A Windows Forms Application
			Conclusions
		Appendix  E.   Component Pascal on the CLR
			About Component Pascal
			Mapping to the CLR
			Semantic Challenges
			Conclusions
		Appendix  F.   Hotdog: Compiling Scheme to Object-Oriented Virtual Machines
			Introduction to the Hotdog Scheme Compiler
			Scheme, Briefly
			Object-Oriented Virtual Machines
			Implementations
			Limitations
			Performance Improvements
			Conclusions
			References
		Appendix  G.   Functional Languages for the .NET Framework
			A Brief Introduction to Mondrian
			Types in Mondrian
			Functions in Mondrian
			Calling Other CLR-Hosted Languages
			The Power of .NET: A Multilanguage Example
			Conclusions
			References
		Appendix  H.   Active Oberon for .NET: A Case Study in Language Model Mapping
			History of the ETH Programming Languages
			The Active Object System
			The Mapping to the Common Type System
			Summary and Conclusions
			Acknowledgments
			References
		Glossary
		Suggested Reading List