Programming in the .NET Environment

ISBN: 0201770180
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 146

Authors: Damien Watkins, Mark Hammond, Brad Abrams

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Main Page
Table of content
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