.NET Framework Development Guide

Provides information about basic application development tasks, such as programming with application domains and assemblies, using attributes, formatting and parsing base types, using collections, handling events and exceptions, using files and data streams, and using generics.

Provides information about how to access data using ADO.NET, Language Integrated Query (LINQ), WCF Data Services, and XML.

Explains how to create Windows-based applications by using Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) or Windows Forms.

Provides links to information about using ASP.NET to build enterprise-class web apps with a minimum of coding.

Describes how to use Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to build service-oriented applications that are secure and reliable.

Explains how you can use Visual Studio and the .NET Framework to create an application that is installed as a service, and start, stop, and otherwise control its behavior.

Provides information about managed threading, parallel programming, and asynchronous programming design patterns.

Describes the layered, extensible, and managed implementation of Internet services that you can quickly and easily integrate into your applications.

Explains how you can use configuration files to change settings without having to recompile your .NET Framework applications.

Provides information about the classes and services in the .NET Framework that facilitate secure application development.

Explains how to test, optimize, and profile .NET Framework applications and the application environment. This section includes information for administrators as well as developers.

Explains how you can use the .NET Framework Portable Class Library to build assemblies that can be shared across multiple devices such as phones, desktop, and web.

Explains how to package and distribute your .NET Framework application, and includes deployment guides for both developers and administrators.

Provides information about caching, lazy initialization, reliability, and ETW events.

Provides information about the programming model, samples, and tools for using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).

Provides information about advanced development tasks and techniques in the .NET Framework, including extensibility, interoperability, and reflection. Also includes the reference topics for unmanaged APIs that can be used by managed applications, such as runtime hosts, compilers, disassemblers, debuggers, and profilers.

Supplies syntax, code examples, and usage information for each class that is contained in the .NET Framework namespaces.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the .NET Framework and links to additional resources.

Describes key new features and changes in the latest version of the .NET Framework. Includes lists of new and obsolete types and members, and provides a guide for migrating your applications from the previous version of the .NET Framework.

Describes the tools that help you develop, configure, and deploy applications by using .NET Framework technologies.

Provides links to the MSDN Code Samples Gallery for sample applications that demonstrate .NET Framework technologies.