Deploying .NET Framework Applications

Note

This article is specific to .NET Framework. It doesn't apply to newer implementations of .NET, including .NET 6 and later versions.

This section of the .NET Framework documentation provides essential information for deploying .NET Framework applications, including guidelines for loading assemblies, resolving assembly references, and improving the performance of your application through native image generation.

In This Section

How the Runtime Locates Assemblies Describes how the common language runtime locates and binds to the assemblies that make up your application.

Best Practices for Assembly Loading Discusses ways to avoid problems of type identity that can lead to InvalidCastException, MissingMethodException, and other errors.

See also

• Development Guide