Chapter 4. Surveying the .NET Framework Class Library
All software built on the .NET Framework uses the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Yet even the simplest CLR-based program also requires using some part of the .NET Framework class library, and more capable software will use a much larger set of the services this library provides. Understanding .NET requires having a clear idea of what the .NET Framework class library offers to software developers. This chapter provides a survey of this very large library, then takes a closer look at some of its more fundamental parts.
An Overview of the Library
The .NET Framework class library is organized into a hierarchy of ...
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