Summary
Today was a long day, but it was filled with valuable information. You learned what namespaces are and how you can use them in your applications. You also saw a breakdown of the key namespaces in the .NET Framework, and you learned how to implement the System.IO namespace and the System.Environment class. Over the remainder of this week and next week, you'll learn how to implement many more of the core namespaces in .NET, including System.Data, System.XML, System.Globalization, and others.Some key points to remember from today:
- Be sure to reference assemblies before you use them in your applications.
- Use the Imports statement in Visual Basic .NET and using statement in C# to avoid using fully qualified names.
- Take time now to familiarize yourself with the .NET Framework SDK and the Visual Studio help files. Doing so will save you hours and hours of time in the future.
- Use the static methods of the File, Directory, and Path classes to do one-off operations. Don't use them for multiple file or directory operations because of the overhead of security checks.
- Use the Toolbox to save cool code snippets! Keep building your personal code library by taking advantage of the drag-and-drop capability of the Toolbox to save snippets for later use.
• Table of Contents
• Index
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio® .NET 2003 in 21 Days
By
Jason Beres
Publisher
: Sams Publishing
Pub Date
: January 14, 2003
ISBN
: 0-672-32421-0
Pages
: 696
Sams Teach Yourself Visual Studio .NET in 21 Days will help developers that are new to application development and experienced developers understand how to use the .NET Framework and Visual Studio .NET to rapidly develop any type of computer application. The Visual Studio .NET development environment is the most comprehensive developer tool ever created, putting that together with the .NET Frameworks' Class Libraries, the developer has everything he or she needs to get up-to-speed on Microsoft's latest revolution in application development. This book will guide the developer through using the VS .NET IDE, the Visual Basic .NET and C# language, and the supporting tools available from Microsoft to create Windows and Web-based applications. The market is full of books that pretty much say the same thing, which is already available in the help files, the author of this book has written and deployed over a dozen successful applications using Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. All of his expertise and experience is used to give you the most comprehensive title on using Visual Studio .NET.