Updated: November 2007
The following table provides a quick reference to the major technology areas of the .NET Framework.
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.NET Compact Framework
.NET Framework Class Library
.NET Framework Class Library Overview
ADO.NET
Application Domains
Using Application Domains
ASP.NET
ASP.NET Overview
Creating ASP.NET Web Pages
Creating ASP.NET Web Sites
ASP.NET Server Controls
Assemblies
Programming with Assemblies
Asynchronous Programming
How to: Chain Asynchronous Calls with a Web Service Method
CodeDom
Dynamic Source Code Generation and Compilation
Common Language Runtime
Configuration
Configuring Applications
Administering ASP.NET Web Sites
Data Access
Debugging
Debugging and Profiling Applications
Deployment
ClickOnce Deployment for Windows Forms Applications
Deploying .NET Framework Applications
.NET Framework Deployment Basics
Designers and the Design Environment
Extending Design-Time Support
Events
Handling and Raising Events
Exceptions
Handling and Throwing Exceptions
Garbage Collection
GDI+
Graphics and Drawing in Windows Forms
Generics
Reflection and Generic Types
Globalization and Localization
Globalizing and Localizing Applications
I/O
File and Stream I/O
Interoperability
Language-Integrated Query (LINQ)
MSBuild
MSBuild Reference
Mobile Development
Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Pages
Networking
Network Programming
Reflection
Remoting
.NET Remoting
.NET Framework Remoting Overview
Security
Security in the .NET Framework
Key Security Concepts
Serviced Components
Writing Serviced Components
Serviced Component Overview
Serialization
Side-by-Side Execution
Threading
Managed Threading
Windows Communication Foundation
Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Development and the .NET Compact Framework
Windows Forms
Windows Forms in the .NET Framework
Windows Forms Controls
Windows Presentation Foundation
Windows services
Windows Service Applications
XML
XML Documents and Data
XML Web Services
XML Web Services Overview