Quick Technology Finder 

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

To learn about...	See...
.NET Framework Class Library	.NET Framework Class Library Overview
ADO.NET	ADO.NET
Application Domains	Using Application Domains
ASP.NET	Building ASP.NET Applications ASP.NET Overview ASP.NET Web Server Controls
Assemblies	Programming with Assemblies
Asynchronous Programming	How to: Chain Asynchronous Calls with a Web Service Method
CodeDom	Dynamic Source Code Generation and Compilation
Common Language Runtime	Common Language Runtime
Configuration	Configuring Applications Configuring ASP.NET Applications
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
I/O	File and Stream I/O
Interoperability	Interoperability
Mobile Development	.NET Compact Framework Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Pages
Networking	Network Programming
Reflection	Reflection
Remoting	Remote Objects .NET Framework Remoting Overview
Security	Security in the .NET Framework Key Security Concepts
Serviced Components	Writing Serviced Components Serviced Component Overview
Serialization	Serialization
Side-by-Side Execution	Side-by-Side Execution
Threading	Managed Threading
Windows Forms	Windows Forms in the .NET Framework
Windows Forms Controls	Windows Forms Controls
XML	XML Documents and Data
XML Web Services	XML Web Services Overview

See Also

Concepts

How-to and Walkthrough Directory

Other Resources

Guidelines and Best Practices