Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
    • What Is .NET?
    • Windows of the Past
    • The Common Language Runtime
    • Understanding the Common Language Specification
    • Understanding the Common Type System
    • Handling Memory and Garbage
    • The .NET Framework Class Library
    • What about C++?
    • .NET Servers and the Future of .NET
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

What about C++?

With the introduction of Visual Studio .NET and great new languages like C# and Visual Basic .NET, Microsoft has also improved the C++ language. By providing Managed Extensions for C++, an application written in C++ can take advantage of the core features of .NET and the common language runtime. Garbage collection, cross-language debugging and code access security are all fundamental aspects of .NET, and are the foundation of the Visual Basic .NET and C# languages. Using Managed Extensions for C++, a traditional C++ developer can take advantage of the features of the .NET Framework directly from Visual Studio .NET, writing applications that contain both managed and unmanaged code. New project templates for C++ are built into VS.NET, and improved compiler options allow C++ applications written using VS.NET to live in the managed environment of the .NET Framework. All of the power and flexibility that has made C++ a great language is still there, the Managed Extensions take the language to the next level with the power and flexibility of the .NET Framework. Using Managed Extensions for C++ will allow you to create .NET classes that are callable from managed C++ or unmanaged C++ applications.

In this book, to reach the broadest audience possible, all of the code is written in either Visual Basic .NET or C#. If you are a C++ developer, and new to .NET, the syntax of C# will be familiar to you, and you will be able to write applications immediately using C#. Using Visual Studio .NET as your development tool will allow you to create applications faster and easier than ever, so you can look at this book as a reference on the tool, not the language. No matter what language you develop in, using VS.NET will allow you create better applications faster.

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