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The Microsoft .NET Framework Class Library

You'll find a staggering amount of classes and methods inside the Microsoft .NET Framework. To organize the classes, they are placed within groups called namespaces. A namespace is simply a logical division, and can be as large or small as desired.

Any Microsoft .NET developer should become familiar with a free sample application from Microsoft called the .NET Framework Class Browser (see Figure 1.1), available online at http://www.IntensitySoftware.com/ClassBrowser. However, the class browser is part of the QuickStart tutorials published by Microsoft and should be available on any machine with the QuickStart ...