NET Framework Essentials 3e

Copyright;
Preface;
Audience;
About This Book;
Assumptions This Book Makes;
Conventions Used in This Book;
How to Contact Us;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: .NET Overview;
1.1 Behind Microsoft .NET;
1.2 The .NET Platform;
1.3 .NET Framework Design Goals;
1.4 .NET Framework;
Chapter 2: The Common Language Runtime;
2.1 CLR Environment;
2.2 CLR Executables;
2.3 Metadata;
2.4 Assemblies and Manifests;
2.5 Intermediate Language (IL);
2.6 The CTS and CLS;
2.7 CLR Execution;
2.8 Summary;
Chapter 3: .NET Programming;
3.1 Common Programming Model;
3.2 Core Features and Languages;
3.3 Language Integration;
3.4 Summary;
Chapter 4: Working with .NET Components;
4.1 Deployment Options;
4.2 Distributed Components;
4.3 COM+ Services in .NET;
4.4 Message Queuing;
4.5 Summary;
Chapter 5: Data and XML;
5.1 ADO.NET Architecture;
5.2 ADO.NET Benefits;
5.3 Content Components;
5.4 .NET Framework Data Providers;
5.5 XML in the .NET Framework;
5.6 Summary;
Chapter 6: Web Services;
6.1 Web Services in Practice;
6.2 Web Services Framework;
6.3 Web Services Provider;
6.4 Web Services Consumers;
6.5 Async Web Services;
6.6 SOAP Header in Web Services;
6.7 Web Services and Security;
6.8 Summary;
Chapter 7: ASP.NET;
7.1 ASP;
7.2 ASP.NET;
7.3 The System.Web.UI Namespace;
7.4 Web Form Syntax;
7.5 ASP.NET Application Development;
7.6 ASP.NET and Web Services;
7.7 Data Binding and the Use of Templates;
7.8 State Management and Scalability;
7.9 Forms Authentication in ASP.NET;
7.10 Summary;
Chapter 8: Windows Forms;
8.1 Introducing Windows Forms;
8.2 The System.Windows.Forms Namespace;
8.3 Windows Forms Development;
8.4 Windows Forms and Web Services;
8.5 Summary;
Chapter 9: .NET and Mobile Devices;
9.1 ASP.NET Mobile Controls;
9.2 .NET Compact Framework;
9.3 Summary;
Appendix A: .NET Languages;
A.1 Microsoft-Supported Languages for .NET;
A.2 Third-Party Languages for .NET;
Appendix B: Common Acronyms;
Appendix C: Common Data Types;
C.1 Usage;
Appendix D: Common Utilities;
D.1 Assembly Generation Utility (al.exe);
D.2 Assembly Registration Utility (gacutil.exe);
D.3 MSIL Assembler (ilasm.exe);
D.4 MSIL Disassembler (ildasm.exe);
D.5 C++ Compiler (cl.exe);
D.6 C# Compiler (csc.exe);
D.7 Visual Basic Compiler (vbc.exe);
D.8 PE File Format Viewer (dumpbin.exe);
D.9 Type Library Exporter (tlbexp.exe);
D.10 Type Library Importer (tlbimp.exe);
D.11 XML Schema Definition Tool (xsd.exe);
D.12 Strong Name Utility (sn.exe);
D.13 Web Service Utility (wsdl.exe);
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