Chapter 10. .NET Framework Classes

It is impossible to cover in one chapter or one book all of the .NET Framework classes. Although coverage is incomplete, the .NET classes cover a large fraction of the Win32 API as well as much else. While a lot of attention has been focused on the Internet-related functionality, the development model for Windows applications has changed as well.

This chapter focuses on those classes that illustrate the key concepts and patterns that appear throughout the .NET Framework. Experienced programmers will find this approach more fruitful over the long run than our attempting to explain a little about every class that a programmer might need without giving much insight into them. Other chapters will go into more depth ...

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