Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime (MICROSOFT NET DEVELOPMENT SERIES) - Softcover

Box, Don

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9780201734119: Essential .NET, Volume I: The Common Language Runtime (MICROSOFT NET DEVELOPMENT SERIES)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0201734117 ISBN 13: 9780201734119
Publisher: AddisonWesley Professional, 2002

Synopsis

An authoritative guide to the Common Language Runtime (CLR) provides a definitive, detailed overview of CLR and furnishes expert advice and practical details about .NET technology and its relationship with CLR. Original. (Advanced)

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About the Author

Don Box is a leading educator, recognized authority on the Component Object Model (COM), coauthor of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) specification, and coiner of the term "COM is Love." He recently joined Microsoft as an architect in the Microsoft® .NET Developer and Platform Evangelism Group.

Earlier in his career, Box cofounded DevelopMentor Inc., a component software think tank aimed at educating developers on the use of the COM, Java, and XML. A popular public speaker, Box is known for engaging audiences around the world, combining deep technical insight with often outrageous stunts.



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From the Back Cover

"Don taught me stuff I didn't know about my own product! And I bet he'll teach you something, too."
—From the Foreword by James Miller, Lead Program Manager, Common Language Runtime, Microsoft Corporation

Essential .NET, Volume 1 , provides everything developers need to take full advantage of the power of Microsoft .NET. This book describes, in depth, the glue of the .NET Framework: the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Box and Sells explain the inner workings of the CLR—the rationale behind its design, the problems it solves, and the role of type in CLR programming—and show readers how to build better applications using the .NET Framework while gaining a more complete understanding of how the CLR works.

The book is packed with the practical detail and expert advice only Don Box can provide. Topics covered include:

  • CLR's evolution
  • Assemblies in the .NET Framework
  • The CLR type system
  • Programming with type
  • Objects and values
  • Methods
  • Explicit method invocation
  • Application domains
  • Security
  • Interoperability

Essential .NET, Volume 1 , is an authoritative guide to the Microsoft .NET Common Language Runtime.

Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series are written and reviewed by the principal authorities and pioneering developers of the Microsoft .NET technologies, including the Microsoft .NET development team and DevelopMentor. Books in the Microsoft .NET Development Series focus on the design, architecture, and implementation of the Microsoft .NET initiative to empower developers and students everywhere with the knowledge they need to thrive in the Microsoft .NET revolution.



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Publisher
AddisonWesley Professional
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0201734117
ISBN 13 
9780201734119
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
430
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