Advanced .NET Programming [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Simon Robinson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2002

Advanced .NET Programming is the perfect next step for developers who have learned a .NET language and the basic workings of the Common Language Runtime, and who now want to move to the next level. Although we look in some detail at the workings of the CLR, the focus throughout the book is on the practical information that you need to know to write applications that really get the most out of .NET.

In this book, Simon Robinson - the author of the best-selling Professional C# 2nd Edition - fills in the holes with the topics that most .NET books don't cover. Because we assume that you're already a competent .NET programmer, this is one .NET book that doesn't waste time telling you what you already know. Instead, we dive straight into the details that you need to write applications that make the best use of the CLR, and also look at many aspects of .NET programming that aren't covered in introductory books.

Topics covered include:

* Intermediate Language - the native language of .NET, and dynamically generating code
* In-depth coverage of how the CLR works
* Optimizing the performance of your applications and profiling their usage of system resources
* Thread synchronization in .NET
* Advanced Windows applications
* Managing resources on a machine using WMI
* Security and cryptography in .NET

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

This book is aimed at competent .NET programmers, who are already familiar with the basic concepts of .NET and the main class libraries. Because the examples are presented in C#, you will need at least a reading knowledge of this language to get the most from this book.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: Wrox Press; 1st edition (December 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861006292
• ISBN-13: 978-1861006295
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,647,065 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Right up there with Richter's book, May 7, 2003

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John W. Conwell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Advanced .NET Programming (Paperback)

This book is really great. I've read several white papers and a few chapters from other books about IL programming and debugging, but the first two chapters of this book are the best I've ever seen. Robinson makes IL programming almost easy, his explanations on how to code with IL really turned on the light bulbs. But this isn't just an IL book, he just covers it so you have a good working knowledge of what your C# code gets compiled down to. Chapter 3's explanation of the JIT compiler is also outstanding, as is chapter 4's in depth explanation of an assembly.

I wont go into detail of every chapter, but Robinson really has written a first class C# book here. I'd have to say it rivals right up there with Jeffrey Richter's Applied .Net book, and that's saying a lot. If you want a book that gets to the guts of .Net and the CLR, this is it!

5.0 out of 5 stars .NET Internals Revealed, June 12, 2011

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Joshua Reuben (Israel) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Advanced .NET Programming (Paperback)

10 years on and this book is still full of insights into the internal workings of .NET.
Read this book to understand IL, compilation internals, some interop (a bit outdated) reflection, CodeDOM, WMI, crypto, CAS and more!