C#
Delegates and Events Management
Easy-to-use Generics
Indexers Conditional Compilation
Simple
Multithreading
LINQ and Lambda Expressions
Integration with Windows
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C#
2. ENVIRONMENT
In this chapter, we will discuss the tools required for creating C# programming. We
have already mentioned that C# is part of .Net
framework and is used for
writing .Net applications. Therefore, before discussing the available tools for running
a C# program, let us understand how C# relates to the .Net framework.
The .Net Framework
The .Net framework is a revolutionary platform that helps you to write the following
types of applications:
Windows applications
Web applications
Web services
The .Net framework applications are multi-platform applications. The framework has
been designed in such a way that it can be used from any of the following languages:
C#, C++,
Visual Basic, Jscript, COBOL, etc. All these
languages can access the
framework as well as communicate with each other.
The .Net framework consists of an enormous library
of codes used by the client
languages such as C#. Following are some of the components of the .Net framework:
Common Language Runtime (CLR)
The .Net Framework Class Library
Common Language Specification
Common Type
System
Metadata and Assemblies
Windows Forms
ASP.Net and ASP.Net AJAX
ADO.Net
Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
LINQ
For the jobs each of these components perform, please see
ASP.Net - Introduction
, and
for details of each component, please consult Microsoft's documentation.
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