Development Fundamentals 

This topic provides links to more information on basic application development tasks in the .NET Framework.

In This Section

• Programming with Application Domains and Assemblies
  Describes how to create and work with assemblies and application domains.

• Extending Metadata Using Attributes
  Describes how you can use attributes to customize metadata.

• Working with Base Types
  Discusses formatting and parsing base data types and using regular expressions to process text.

• Collections and Data Structures
  Discusses the various collection types available in the .NET Framework, including stacks, queues, lists, arrays, and structs.

• Handling and Raising Events
  Provides an overview of the event model in the .NET Framework.

• Handling and Throwing Exceptions
  Describes error handling provided by the .NET Framework and the fundamentals of handling exceptions.

• File and Stream I/O
  Explains how you can perform synchronous and asynchronous file and data stream access, and how to use to isolated storage.

• Generics in the .NET Framework
  Describes the Generics feature, including the generic collections, delegates, and interfaces provided by the .NET Framework. Provides links to feature documentation for C#, Visual Basic and Visual C++, and to supporting technologies such as Reflection.

Related Sections

• Core Development Technologies
  Provides links to information on standard development tasks and techniques in the .NET Framework.

• Security in the .NET Framework
  Provides links to more information on the classes and services in the common language runtime and the .NET Framework that facilitate secure application development.