The C# Programmer’s Study Guide (MCSD): Exam: 70-483

© Ali Asad and Hamza Ali 2017

Ali Asad and Hamza Ali, The C# Programmer’s Study Guide (MCSD), 10.1007/978-1-4842-2860-9_14

14. Assembly and Reflection

Ali Asad¹  and Hamza Ali¹

(1)Sialkot, Pakistan

Assembly is an important part in any .NET application development, while reflection is used to read all the information of an assembly at runtime. In this chapter, we'll learn:

1. Assembly

2. Creation and Use an Assembly

3. Installing an Assembly in a Global Assembly Cache

4. Reflection in C#

5. Creating and Using Custom Attributes

Introduction to Assemblies

An assembly is the output of the compiled code. It’s a physical code that is used to deploy an application. In a .NET, assembly it is typically a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) or an Executable (EXE) file.

When Code is Compiled ...