December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
504 pages
10h 42m
English
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Introduction
Microsoft developers working with Visual Studio and COM/OLE technologies have always enjoyed the benefits of a choice of programming languages for development of applications and components. Well, sort of. (For instance, components developed in one programming language couldn't be “inherited” from another programming language.) With the introduction of the CLR and the .NET Framework, this flexibility in the choice of any supported programming language for .NET components and applications still remains a key requirement. Out of the box, the .NET Framework and the key tool supporting the development, Visual Studio .NET, support four programming languages: Visual C#, Visual Basic .NET, Managed C++ (also known as Visual C++ .NET), and ...