.Net Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference

by Brad Abrams, Anders Hejlsberg

Edited by a Lead Program Manager on Microsoft's .NET Framework team, .NET Framework Standard Library Annotated Reference, Volume 1, is the definitive reference for the .NET Framework base class library. This book utilizes extensive annotations and code samples from the creators of the technology to move beyond the online documentation and provide .NET developers with a dictionary-style reference to the most-used parts of the Framework. This volume covers a subset of the ISO CLI Standards, including the Base Class Library and the Extended Numerics Library. In the printed book you will find informative overviews of each namespace covered and an easy-to-follow alphabetic reference of types in the standard, including type-level descriptions, sample code with output, and annotations from the design team and standardization committee. With the ECMA and ISO standards as its core, this book

Genres: Programming

1504 pages, Paperback

First published March 22, 2004

Reviews

[Krishna Kumar · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a reference book, this normally would remain unread on someone's bookshelf. However, it contains important details about design decisions in the .NET Framework Standard Library, and for that, it is useful to read cover to cover. Save this for a very rainy day.