Articles
.NET and other Proposals
Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun are spelling out their strategy for Web development. All are battling to control the way programs will work in the next few years. By Michael J. Miller, …
.NET Framework Overview
Explores the pros and cons of Microsoft's .NET platform, then dishes up some code to demonstrate .NET's language interoperability. By Jerome Kuptz.
.NET: Type Fundamentals
Discusses type fundamentals. Starts off by introducing primitive types and then quickly moves on to reference types and value types. By Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine.
An in-depth look at WMI and instrumentation, Part I
WMI stands for Windows Management Instrumentation and, as the name indicates, is about managing your IT infrastructure this article provides an in-depth look at WMI and MOM 2005.
An in-depth look at WMI and instrumentation, Part II
WMI stands for Windows Management Instrumentation and, as the name indicates, is about managing your IT infrastructure this article is the second part of a two-part series.
Avoiding DLL Hell: Introducing Application Metadata in the Microsoft .NET Framework
Describes the use of metadata for easy linking and loading of assemblies, the relationship between metadata and concepts such as IDL and type libraries, and the metadata hierarchy.…
Back end of .Net
eWEEK Labs' tests of betas of Microsoft servers show how the rhetoric meets the road. By Timothy Dyck.
Deploying .NET Software Components
An introduction to .NET Software Components Deployment. By Jean-Claude Batista.
Doing .NET In Internet Time
Pioneers are testing Microsoft's new architecture, even as components are being released. By Don Kiely.
From the Frontlines
Have Privacy and Security Slipped Through Microsoft's .NET?: Part I. By Jason Harper.
Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework
Explains how resources are allocated and managed, then gives a description of how the garbage collection algorithm works. Also discussed are the way resources can clean up properly…
Garbage Collection: Automatic Memory Management in the Microsoft .NET Framework, Part 2
Explains strong and weak object references that help to manage memory for large objects, as well as object generations and how they improve performance. In addition, the use of met…
Introduction to .NET, Hello World, and a Quick Look Inside the .NET Runtime
The .NET Framework and Runtime-and why you might care. How to get and install Beta 1 of the .NET Framework SDK and/or Visual Studio.NET. Looks at the metadata and IL for sample pro…
Microsoft .NET Framework Component Services, Part 1
Discusses the coding, compilation, and deployment process for writing managed classes that utilize COM+ services. By Jonathan Hawkins and Shannon Pahl, Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft .NET vs. J2EE: How Do They Stack Up?
A high-level comparison of the two platforms. By Jim Farley, O'Reilly.
Microsoft Announces Availability of Visual Studio.NET And .NET Framework Beta 1; Submits C# to ECMA
Announces public availability and standardization of tools and platform for building Web services.
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