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5.0 out of 5 stars
Very clear and concise overview of programming in .NET, August 5, 2001
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This review is from: .NET Framework Essentials (O'Reilly Programming Series) (Paperback)
If you are new to .NET, trying to figure out what to learn first can be difficult; you can find yourself wading through enormous amounts of technical information, examples, and web sites, and wonder if you've covered all the main subjects. That being said, this is an excellent introduction if you want to get a good overview and grasp on what the .NET framework encompasses, and all from O'Reilly, the first publisher that seems to have broken it down, understood, summarized and simplified it for its readership. You could read this book in a few hours and get a solid base in .NET, and also save yourself a tremendous amount of time spinning your wheels with other 1000+ page books, as rushed and as disorganized as they are.
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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A excellent introduct, September 24, 2001
This review is from: .NET Framework Essentials (O'Reilly Programming Series) (Paperback)
An excellent introduction to .NET Framework As an overall Microsoft developer I was looking for a book to teach me about what .NET is all about. I wanted to know what to expect from .NET. and how to continue learning .NET in the future As the title says this is an Introduction to .NET and to my opinion en excellent one.
Don't expect this book to teach you everything in detail on the matter.
What you will learn here is how different parts of .NET work in general and along the chapters you will encounter useful examples that shine light on the matter. Note that 90% of examples are in simple understandable C#.
(even for none C syntax programmers it is easy to understand) The book is easy reading and all of the examples work file with .NET Beta 2 I recommend this book for everyone who needs a kick start on .NET Here is a brief description of chapters: 1. .Net Overview:
Talks about .NET in general, the design goals and how .NET is realized 2. The Common Language Runtime:
Talks about the inner workings of .NET and what are the different tools like gacutil.exe good for. 3. .NET Programming
Talks about the .NET core model, how/why language integration is there for everyone 4. . Working with .NET Components:
Talks about the component architecture of .NET, distributed components and about Message Queuing. 5. Data and XML:
Shines light on the new ADO.NET. Here I finally got to understand how ADO.NET works. 6. Web Services:
Talks about how web services work with some very good and understandable examples. 7. Web forms:
Shows a general overview of ASP.NET including custom server controls following some good examples 8. Windows Forms:
Shows you different sides of the new GUI programming model of .NET and comes with a very good example of how you can create GUI based apps fast and easy.
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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting look, July 6, 2001
This review is from: .NET Framework Essentials (O'Reilly Programming Series) (Paperback)
Could the future of computing include a time when you write a document in Word that's on a server in Redmond? That possibility is one of many that Microsoft envisions with their new .NET technology. And no matter how you feel about what Microsoft is doing, their new technology which is an attempt to compete with Sun's Java language is an intriguing attempt. This book covers a wide range of topics about this technology, starting off in Chapter 1 with an overview of .NET. Chapter 2 discusses Common Language Runtime, which is .Net's most important component. Chapter 3 discusses programming in .NET and discusses the various objects used in it. While .NET doesn't directly use languages like Java or C++, it does use a lot of Visual Basic and a C offshoot, called C #(ie "C Sharp") instead. So a lot of object-oriented concepts do apply when programming for .NET. Chapter 4 goes into greater detail about other .NET components, such as shared components, distributed components, transactions, and object pooling. Further chapters discuss how XML works with .NET and World Wide Web .NET services, Web and Windows forms, and of course the usual reference material at the end of the book. A fascinating look at a new technology which ultimately may become a major one.
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