May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
1272 pages
61h 18m
English
To better understand the structure of the .NET Framework, think about it as a layered architecture. Figure 1.1 shows a high-level representation of the .NET Framework 4.0 architecture.
Figure 1.1 The .NET Framework 4.0 architecture.

The first level of the representation is the operating system; the .NET layer is located between the system and applications. The second level is the Common Language Runtime (CLR), which provides the part of the .NET Framework doing the most work. We discuss the CLR later in this chapter. The next level is the Base Class Library (BCL), which provides all .NET objects that can be used ...
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