The .

NET Platform
The .NET Framework
.NET Enterprise Servers
.NET My Services
Visual Studio .NET

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 The Benefits of the .NET Framework

xml, soap, http, xslt, xpath, html, tcp

All functionality is available to every CLS language

Object Oriented, Namespaces, CTS, All objects, One string type (Unicode)

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Cross-language class inheritance, Extensible/Modular design patterns

Win32 API

VB MFC/ATL ASP

.NET Framework
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 The .NET Framework
VB.NET C# C++ Managed Extensions J#

XML Web Services ASP.NET Win Forms

ADO.NET Data, DB and XML

.NET Class Libraries and IDEs

CLR
(Common Language Runtime)

COM+
Message Active
(Transactions, Partitions, IIS WMI
Queuing Object Pooling) Directory

Win32
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 Creating a .NET Assembly
csc /target:module
Source Code
Files Managed csc /target:exe
Creating Modules
.cs PE (foo.exe)
MSIL, .netmodule
.vb Metadata
.netmodule PE Header
Unmanaged Stub

Resource
Files .NET Assembly

Manifest
.wmv Linking Metadata
Foo.dll
MSIL
.html
Compiled
Resources
.gif
Compiling csc /target:library
Resources

Multiple managed modules,

source code files and resource files
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 Assembly Manifest
Name
A string which is the name of the assembly
by default: the same name of the file that contains it

Version
A four-numbers field in the format of Mj.Mi.Rev.Build
Major:
Radical changes to the application/assembly which are visible and relevant
to the user
(usually a major set of features that was added to the application and changes in its look-and-feel)

Minor:
Minor changes to the application/assembly which are visible and relevant to the user
(usually a minor set of features that was added to the application with no changes in its look-and-feel)

Revision:
Internal changes to the application/assembly which are not visible or directly relevant to the user
(usually some minor bug-fixes, security issues, performance improvements etc.)

Build:
Every change in the source code, even if only semantic changes, requires a re-build.
(usually changes due to code review and code refactoring which does not influence any code logic)

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 Assembly Manifest
Locale
A string which represents the localization code of the
application/assembly
examples: en-US | he-IL | fr-FR
(defaults to null)

Public Key
The public key of a digitally signed assembly

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 The CLR (Common Language Runtime)

Base Class Library Support

Thread Support COM Marshaler

Type Checker Exception Manager

Security Engine Garbage Collector

IL to Native Code Debug

Compilers Manager Engine

Class Loader

Assembly Loader
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 The Process of Managed Execution

EXE Source Code

Compiler Files
PE Header
Manifest and .cs
Metadata Linker .vb
.NET
MSIL
Class
Libraries
Manifest Assembly Loader
Metadata
A class in an unloaded assembly
MSIL
Class Loader
A method in an unloaded class
private JIT Compiler
assemblies
Manifest
Metadata
machine Call to an
MSIL
uncompiled
Resources code
method

Execution
Runtime Engine (CLR)

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 Hello C#.NET
All code resides in classes

The entry point of the program

Use static methods of Console class for console I/O

Primitives are objects and have methods (i.e. count.ToString())

Syntax and statements are C/C++ like

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