Quick Technology Finder for the .NET Framework

The following list provides quick access to documentation about specific .NET Framework features and technology areas, listed alphabetically.

• 64-bit application development

• .NET for Windows Store apps

• .NET Framework Class Library

• Accessibility

• Add-ins

• ADO.NET

• Application domains

• ASP.NET

• Assemblies

• Assembly binding redirection

• Asynchronous programming

• Attributes

• CodeDOM

• Collections

• Common language runtime (CLR)

• Common type system

• Configuration:

  • Configuring Applications

  • Configuration File Schema for the .NET Framework

• Data access

• Data Service

• Debugging, tracing, and profiling

• Deploying applications

• Designers and the design environment

• Directory services

• Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)

• Events

• Exceptions

• Garbage Collection

• GDI+

• Generics

• Globalization and localization

• I/O

  • Files and streams

  • Compressing files

• Image file handling:

  • Working with Images, Bitmaps, Icons, and Metafiles

  • Images

• Interoperability

• LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)

• Lazy initialization

• Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

• Media and multimedia:

  • Graphics and Multimedia in Windows Presentation Foundation

  • Graphics and Multimedia Portal

• Memory-mapped files

• Moving user interface elements

• MSBuild

• Network programming

• Out-of-band (NuGet) releases

• Parallel programming

• Portable Class Library

• Reflection

• Security:

  • Security in the .NET Framework

  • Key Security Concepts

• Serialization

• Side-by-Side Execution in the .NET Framework

• Silverlight

• Threading

• Transaction processing

• UI Automation

• WCF Data Services

• Windows Communication Foundation

• Windows Forms

• Windows Forms controls

• Windows Identity Foundation

• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Windows Runtime

• Windows services

• Windows Store apps

• Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

• XML documents and data

• Zip files and archives