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Getting Started with C# Object-Oriented Programming

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:19:36 +0000

Getting Started with C# Object-Oriented Programming C# is a powerful and flexible programming language provides several features. Like all programming languages, it can be used to create a variety of applications. C# is an object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft as part of the .NET Visual Studio and later approved as a standard by ECMA and [...]

New Features in the .NET Framework Version 4.0

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:44:39 +0000

New Features in the .NET Framework Version 4.0 The Microsoft .NET Framework is one of the favorite development frameworks platform running on Microsoft Windows family of operating systems. Currently (on 12 October 2009) the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is the Stable release of .NET Framework released on 11 August 2008. Microsoft also announced the [...]

What is Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:25:08 +0000

The Microsoft Windows Presentation Foundation provides the foundation for building applications and high fidelity experiences in Windows Vista, blending together application UI, documents, and media content, while exploiting the full power of your computer. The functionality extends to the support for Tablet and other forms of input, a more modern imaging and printing pipeline, accessibility [...]

What is Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:24:07 +0000

Windows Communication Foundation (formerly code-named “Indigo”) is a set of .NET technologies for building and running connected systems. It is a new breed of communications infrastructure built around the Web services architecture. Advanced Web services support in Windows Communication Foundation provides secure, reliable, and transacted messaging along with interoperability. The service-oriented programming model of Windows [...]

What is Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:22:28 +0000

Windows Workflow Foundation is the programming model, engine and tools for quickly building workflow enabled applications on Windows. It consists of a .NET Framework version 3.0 (formerly WinFX) namespace, an in-process workflow engine, and designers for Visual Studio 2005. Windows Workflow Foundation is available for both client and server versions of Windows. Windows Workflow Foundation [...]

What is Windows CardSpace (WCS, formerly InfoCard)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:21:08 +0000

Windows CardSpace is a Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.0 (formerly WinFX) component that provides the consistent user experience required by the identity metasystem. It is specifically hardened against tampering and spoofing to protect the end user’s digital identities and maintain end-user control.

What is the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:20:03 +0000

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly known WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. .NET Framework 3.0 is combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with four new technologies: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). Windows Workflow Foundation (WF). Windows CardSpace (WCS, formerly “InfoCard”).

Explain Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) Assembler?

Chetankumar Akarte — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:18:35 +0000

MSIL Assembler (Ilasm.exe) is a command line tool provides by .Net. The MSIL Assembler generates a portable executable (PE) file from MSIL assembly language. You can run the resulting executable, which contains MSIL and the required metadata, to determine whether the MSIL performs as expected. Syntax ilasm [options] filename [[options]filename…] Parameters filename The name of the .il source file. [...]

What is Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:15:09 +0000

Common Intermediate Language (CIL) (formerly called Microsoft Intermediate Language or MSIL) is the lowest-level human-readable programming language in the Common Language Infrastructure and in the .NET Framework. Languages which target the .NET Framework compile to CIL, which is assembled into bytecode. CIL resembles an object-oriented assembly language, and is entirely stack-based. It is executed [...]

What is .NET assembly?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:12:37 +0000

Assemblies are the building blocks of .NET Framework applications; they form the fundamental unit of deployment, version control, reuse, activation scoping, and security permissions. An assembly is a collection of types and resources that are built to work together and form a logical unit of functionality. An assembly provides the common language runtime with the [...]

What functions an assembly performs?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:10:32 +0000

An assembly performs the following functions: It contains code that the common language runtime executes. Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL) code in a portable executable (PE) file will not be executed if it does not have an associated assembly manifest. Note that each assembly can have only one entry point (that is, DllMain, WinMain, or Main). It [...]

What are the Benefits of Metadata?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:08:47 +0000

Metadata provides the following major benefits: Self-describing files – Common language runtime modules and assemblies are self-describing. A module’s metadata contains everything needed to interact with another module. Metadata automatically provides the functionality of IDL in COM, allowing you to use one file for both definition and implementation. Runtime modules and assemblies do not even require [...]

How metadata is stored?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:07:10 +0000

Assemblies contain tables of metadata. These tables are described by the CIL specification. The metadata tables will have zero or more entries and the position of an entry determines its index. When CIL code uses metadata it does so through a metadata token. This is a 32-bit value where the top 8 bits identify the [...]

What are CLS features?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:12:14 +0000

The CLS provides following advantages: Access to Complete .NET Framework hierarchy. High level of interoperability within languages.(e.g. – C# Class can be inherit from a Visual Basic class). Component is accessible from any programming language that supports the CLS. All CLS-compliant languages can produce verifiable code so the type safety of code possible.

What is .NET metadata?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:09:18 +0000

What is .NET metadata? In the past, a software component (.exe or .dll) written in one language could not easily use a software component written in another language. COM provided a step forward in solving this problem. The .NET Framework makes component interoperation even easier by allowing compilers to emit additional declarative information into all [...]

What is the Common Language Specification (CLS)?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:07:02 +0000

The Common Language Specification (CLS), which is a set of basic language features needed by many .Net applications to fully interact with other objects regardless of the language in which they were implemented. The CLS represents the guidelines defined by for the .NET Framework. These specifications are normally used by the compiler developers and are [...]

What is Common Language Runtime?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:05:03 +0000

The CLR is the layer of the .NET Framework that makes language independence work. Written mostly in Microsoft’s new language, C#, the CLR provides services that any .NET program can use. Because of .NET’s component architecture, software written in any language can call upon these services. Microsoft has also submitted a subset of the CLR [...]

How many types of the JIT (just in time) compiler ?

Chetankumar Akarte — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:03:00 +0000

There are three types JIT (just in time) compiler. Those are as follows… Pre-JIT compiler (Compiles entire code into native code completely) Econo JIT compiler (Compiles code part by part freeing when required) Normal JIT compiler (Compiles only that part of code when called and places in cache)

What is JIT?

Chetankumar Akarte — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:28:49 +0000

JIT (just-in-time) is a CLR’s (Common Language Runtime) compiler. The JIT Compiler function is responsible for compiling a method’s IL code into native CPU instructions. Because the IL(intermediate language) is being compiled "just in time," this component of the CLR is frequently referred to as a JITter or a JIT compiler. When JIT called, the JIT [...]

Which are the main components of the .NET platform?

Chetankumar Akarte — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:18:24 +0000

The Microsoft .NET platform consists of the following product groups/ main components… Development tools A set of languages, including C#, VB.NET, J#, a set of development tools, including Visual Studio.NET (a suite of language-independent developer tools, a set of programming interfaces), .NET Framework (for building web and Windows applications, as well as web services), and [...]