Chapter 1. Understanding the Internet and Network Programming
Introduction
This book will help you develop network applications with .NET, using either the C# (pronounced C-sharp) or VB.NET programming language. It is broken up into three distinct sections: networking basics, distributed application design, and specialized networking topics.
The first six chapters of the book cover the established Internet technologies, such as email and the World Wide Web. Leveraging established technologies such as these gives the general public greater access to your software service because most users will already have a Web browser or email client on their computers.
The next five chapters discuss network application design. This includes application security, ...
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