.Net Framework Essentials

Thuan L. Thai started computer programming 15 years ago but has never been tired with this hobby--one that he truly considers an art. He is currently a senior systems engineer at SAIC where he has led the architecture and development of several successful distributed and COM-based imaging systems. He also teaches Win32, MFC, and COM programming courses for Learning Tree International. Prior to all this, Thuan worked for AMS where he developed multi-tiered, object frameworks using C++ and RPC. He received his bachelor of science in computer science from the University of Virginia. When not developing software, Thuan enjoys strumming his six strings and writing songs every now and then. He often plays 9-ball with the same buddies with whom he has played the game for over eight years. Thuan hopes to play more tennis, the only sport that he has ever played for more than eight hours in a single day. Hoang Lam is a senior developer at CrossTier.com and an instructor in web development at George Washington University through DevXpert. At CrossTier.com, he specializes in developing B2B web sites using Microsoft tools.

• Preface 1. .NET Overview Behind Microsoft .NET The .NET Platform .NET Framework Design Goals .NET Framework 2. The Common Language Runtime CLR Environment CLR Executables Metadata Assemblies and Manifests Intermediate Language (IL) The CTS and CLS CLR Execution Summary 3. .NET Programming Common Programming Model Core Features and Languages Language Integration Summary 4. Working with .NET Components Deployment Options Distributed Components COM+ Services in .NET Message Queuing Summary 5. Data and XML ADO.NET Architecture ADO.NET Benefits Content Components .NET Framework Data Providers XML in the .NET Framework Summary 6. Web Services Web Services in Practice Web Services Framework Web Services Provider Web Services Consumers Async Web Services SOAP Header in Web Services Web Services and Security Summary 7. ASP.NET ASP ASP.NET The System.Web.UI Namespace Web Form Syntax ASP.NET Application Development ASP.NET and Web Services Data Binding and the Use of Templates State Management and Scalability Forms Authentication in ASP.NET Summary 8. Windows Forms Introducing Windows Forms The System.Windows.Forms Namespace Windows Forms Development Windows Forms and Web Services Summary 9. .NET and Mobile Devices ASP.NET Mobile Controls .NET Compact Framework Summary A. .NET Languages B. Common Acronyms C. Common Data Types D. Common Utilities Index