C# Network Programming

Basics of .NET The .NET group of programming languages differs from previous versions of Windows programming languages in the way programs are created and run on the Windows systems. If you are not familiar with how C# programs operate, this...

Installing a C# Development Environment Before you can begin programming in C#, you must have a C# development environment—a system for creating, compiling, and debugging C# programs. Unfortunately, one of the most stringent requiremen...

The C# Runtime Environment The .NET Framework provides not only a development environment, but also a CLR environment for Windows workstations and servers that only run .NET programs. The .NET Framework contains lots of DLL files used to sup...

C# Programming Basics Though it’s considered a bare-bones development environment, the .NET Framework SDK contains quite a few tools that allow you to create, compile, and debug C# programs. This section describes some of the tools tha...

C# Features C# is an object-oriented language created by Microsoft that incorporates many features that may be new to experienced C, C++, and Visual Basic programmers. If you are not familiar with the C# programming language at all, I sugges...

Summary The Microsoft .NET technology supplies an excellent programming environment for network programmers. The C# programming language allows programmers to easily prototype applications in a short amount of time and lets them design robus...