Applied Microsoft® .NET Framework Programming in Microsoft® Visual Basic® .NET (Developer) by Jeffrey Richter (15-Jul-2002) Paperback

by Jeffrey Richter

Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming is a tutorial. It's meant for programmers who already know an object-oriented language and want to apply their knowledge in the standardized environment provided by the Microsoft .NET Framework. The book, written by Jeffrey Richter, a programmer and the .NET columnist at Microsoft's magazine for its developer community, takes a more or less language-agnostic approach to the run-time environment (though many illustrative examples are in C#). It aims to untangle the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and some of the Framework Class Library (FCL), and generally succeeds, particularly at the former. Richter shares his knowledge of the key classes you can instantiate in the CLR, and the kinds of operations you can perform on and with them.You can read this book, or individual chapters, from beginning to end. You'll probably find it more helpful, though, if you read individual sections as you encounter problems or develop an interest in specific aspects of the CLR (ideal for those middle-of-the-night "I wonder how it does..." questions). Richter typically lets his code do most of the talking, and he'll often introduce a section with a prose summary of the CLR way of doing something (sometimes with a supplementary diagram) before unleashing a string of quick examples that illustrate variations on the theme. In an unusual and helpful tutorial move, he makes heavy use of the ILDASM utility to show what goes on at compile time. --David WallTopics How the Microsoft .NET Framework--in other words, the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and parts of the Framework Class Library (FCL)--runs Microsoft .NET applications, and how to write software for the framework. Shared assemblies, characteristics of CLR types (including their properties, methods, fields, and events), and object orientation all get ample coverage. There's particularly detailed information on text manipulation (including internationalization and localization), arrays, custom interfaces, and the managed environment (garbage collection) in the CLR environment.

Genres: Software, Programming, Reference, Technical, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 22, 2002

Reviews

[Alexander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Это была моя первая книга по .NET Framework. В то время было непреодолимое желание узнать о новой технологии и эта книга восполнила его сполна. Наверное, это был самый правильный выбор первой книги, поскольку она учила в первую очередь не языку программирования, который я освоил позднее, а самой технологии .NET. В книге даются основы, необходимые для понимания того, что происходит за кулисами исполнения программы, описываются все нюансы и разъясняется, почему используется именно выбранный подход. Это потрясающая книга и обязательная к прочтению каждым разработчиком на .NET (возможно уже в новой редакции).

[Stefan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's testament to .net framework design (or Microsoft laziness ;-) that over a dozen+ years so little changed and Jeffrey's book is still mostly relevant. The title might be a bit misleading, as it covers mostly guts of the framework and underlying mechanisms (from C# perspective). of course, what you really wanted is to read latest edition of the 'CLR via C#', so if you don't need to, don't waste time reading it ;-)

[Ondrej Sykora · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provided a solid introduction to the .NET Framework as a platoform. It doesn't focus on any particular language, but it explains the basic principles of the framework such as application architecture, the runtime library, reflection, deployment, ...

The only problem with this book is its age and the fact that by now it is outdated. However, if you're starting with .NET, it might still be worth checking out.

I've read the Czech version and it was actually translated quite well.