Introducing Microsoft .NET, Second Edition by David S. Platt

 

What problems does Microsoft .NET solve? What architectural approaches does it take to solve them? How do you start using .NET-and how do you profit from it? Get the answers to these questions and more in this entertaining, no-nonsense .NET walkthrough. The author, a well-known computer-science instructor at Harvard, covers a single topic from the top down so readers can choose how deep they want to go. Thoroughly updated and featuring five new chapters plus a new chapter available on the Web, this is the first book to read about the innovative .NET development platform.