This title takes advanced developers and software designers under the covers of .NET to provide them with an in-depth understanding of its structure, functions, and operational components so they can create high-performance applications for .NET more easily and efficiently. Developers learn to program .NET applications while gaining a solid understanding of fundamental .NET design tenets. This title not only covers the infrastructure and architecture of .NET in-depth but also shows developers the most practical ways to apply that knowledge.

Create high-performance applications quickly and efficiently armed with this book's in-depth coverage of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

• Takes advanced developers and software designers under the covers of the .NET Framework to provide a solid understanding of how it and why it works as it does.
• Shows developers the rationale behind design choices they must make when building applications within the .NET platform.
• Helps developers solve complex problems and troubleshoot better by providing insights into the inner workings of the .NET Framework.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I : Basics of the Microsoft .NET Framework
Part II : Working with Types and the Common Language Runtime
Part III : Designing Types
Part IV : Essential Types
Part V : Managing Types

Index