Product Description

Microsoft® .NET Framework 1.1 provides the programming model for building, deploying, and running interoperable Web-based applications, smart client applications, and XML Web services. The .NET Framework manages the difficult details of interoperability to enable developers to focus on writing the business logic code for cross-platform applications. The Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Class Library System namespace contains fundamental classes and base classes that define commonly used value and reference data types, events and event handlers, interfaces, attributes, and processing exceptions. Other Microsoft .NET classes provide services that support data type conversion, method parameter manipulation, mathematics, remote and local program invocation, application environment management, and supervision of managed and unmanaged applications. This four-volume set contains complete details about the .NET Framework Class Library System namespace. This essential reference includes: VOLUME 1: "System" through "System.CodeDom.Compiler" VOLUME 2: "System.Collections" through "System.IO" VOLUME 3: "System.IO.IsolatedStorage" through "System.Runtime.InteropServices.Expando" VOLUME 4: "System.Runtime" through "System.Timers" Plus, you get the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Class Library Poster Pack: As an added bonus, this kit contains the .NET Framework 1.1 Class Library Poster Pack—four full-color, full-sized posters that clearly display the namespace details that are essential to every Microsoft .NET Framework developer. Created and tested by developers, each poster includes an easy-to-scan class-derivation hierarchy of the most useful types, a comprehensive list of value types, an interface cross-reference map, an assembly cross-reference map, and more. Keep these posters on your wall as fast, accurate references that you’ll use again and again to find important class library details and relationships.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #505080 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02-26
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 8000 pages

Customer Reviews

Hard Copy of Online Help
Hey, if you prefer Hard copy (which I do) over scrolling back and forth in On-line help, this is for you (and me). However, was hoping for more examples.

Massive
There is a HUGE amount of content in these volumes. Much more than I expected. I thought perhaps the pages would be wasted with large type and big margins, but they are not! Instead they used a small type face and two columns per page and very small margins so that you get a jam packed verbose reference of practically the entire System namespace. Plenty of sample code as well, which I have already found helpful. Yes, you can get much of this info from the online help. But honestly, having a printed set just makes it so much nicer to skim through, and conveniant to sit down and read anywhere or take with you without having to wear out your eyes staring at a screen. I have already sat down on the couch a few times and enjoyed skimming through page after page, jotting down notes. These references in combo with the online doc is as comprehensive as it gets.

A monster, worth every page...
We got this set of references into our office this week and after a good perusing I can say this is a must-have for any serious .NET developer/shop. For me, I much prefer being able to carry a book or flip through the pages to find something, with the ability to annotate the pages, than to reading the information online.

As posted, this is volumes 1-4 of 7. This provides a great starting point for .NET reference materials and it is obvious from the content that Microsoft is concerned with continuing to provide valuable print references for developers.