Quick Technology Finder

The following table provides a quick reference to the major technology areas of the .NET Framework.

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.NET Compact Framework

.NET Compact Framework

.NET Framework Class Library

.NET Framework Class Library Overview

ADO.NET

ADO.NET

Application Domains

Using Application Domains

ASP.NET

ASP.NET

Assemblies

Programming with Assemblies

CodeDom

Dynamic Source Code Generation and Compilation

Common Language Runtime

Common Language Runtime

Configuration

Configuring Applications

Administering ASP.NET Web Sites

Data Access

Data Access

Debugging

Debugging and Profiling Applications

Deployment

ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Forms Applications

Deploying .NET Framework Applications

.NET Framework Deployment Basics

Designers and the Design Environment

Extending Design-Time Support

Events

Handling and Raising Events

Exceptions

Handling and Throwing Exceptions

Garbage Collection

Garbage Collection

GDI+

Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms

Generics

Reflection and Generic Types

Globalization and Localization

Globalizing and Localizing Applications

I/O

File and Stream I/O

Interoperability

Interoperability

Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)

Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)

MSBuild

MSBuild Reference

Mobile Development

.NET Compact Framework

Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Pages

Networking

Network Programming

Reflection

Reflection

Security

Security in the .NET Framework

Key Security Concepts

Side-by-Side Execution

Side-by-Side Execution

Threading

Managed Threading

Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Forms

Windows Forms in the .NET Framework

Windows Forms Controls

Windows Forms Controls

Windows Presentation Foundation

Windows Presentation Foundation

Windows services

Windows Service Applications

XML

XML Documents and Data

See Also

Concepts

How-to and Walkthrough Directory

Other Resources

Guidelines and Best Practices