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Market_Desc: · Experienced Microsoft platform developers, either from .NET 1.x or earlier Win 9X/NT development platforms<p>Special Features: · Wrox!· Expert author is a Microsoft insider (key member of the .NET team at Microsoft), a frequent speaker at high-profile industry events, and a field-proven authority, having recently come to Microsoft from a 3rd party consulting position· Practical and authoritative coverage of the CLR (common language runtime) and APIs, the building blocks that developers work with· Extensive use of examples, working code, and how to coverage - unique coverage not found in online references or documentation· Additional coverage of Windows Forms, ADO.NET, and other key .NET programming building blocks· Examples provided in multiple languages as needed<p>About The Book: This book takes hands on and example oriented approach to programming with the .NET Framework for experienced developers. This book is not about programming with any specific language or tool, rather it teaches the underlying commonalities that developers can use regardless of their language choice or development tools. Examples are given in multiple languages where needed to illustrate language-specific features or issues.Some of the primary topics covered in depth are:· CLR (Common Language Runtime)· Generics· Assemblies· MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language)· Based Framework Libraries - including networking, I/O, and internationalization· Advanced Framework Libraries - including security and diagnostics· Data in .NET -XML, ADO.NET, XQuery· ASP.NET and Windows Forms· Distributed development foundations - remoting and services