Quick Technology Finder (.NET Framework)

The following list provides quick access to documentation about specific .NET Framework features and technology areas, listed alphabetically.

• 64-bit application development

• .NET Compact Framework

• .NET Framework Class Library

• .NET Framework Client Profile

• Accessibility

• Add-ins

• ADO.NET

• Application domains

• ASP.NET

• Assemblies

• Asynchronous programming

• Attributes

• CodeDOM

• Collections

• Common language runtime (CLR)

• Common type system

• Configuration:

  • Configuring Applications

  • ASP.NET Web Site Administration

• Data access

• Data Service

• Debugging, tracing, and profiling

• Deploying applications

• Designers and the design environment

• Directory services

• Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR)

• Events

• Exceptions

• Garbage Collection

• GDI+

• Generics

• Globalization and localization

• I/O

• Image file handling**:**

  • Working with Images, Bitmaps, Icons, and Metafiles

  • Images

• Interoperability

• LINQ (Language-Integrated Query)

• Lazy initialization

• Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF)

• Media and multimedia:

  • Graphics and Multimedia in Windows Presentation Foundation

  • Graphics and Multimedia Portal

• Memory-mapped files

• Mobile development:

  • .NET Compact Framework

  • Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Pages

• Moving user interface elements

• MSBuild

• Network programming

• Parallel programming

• Portable Class Libraries

• Reflection

• Security:

  • Security in the .NET Framework

  • Key Security Concepts

• Serialization

• Side-by-Side Execution

• Silverlight

• Threading

• Transaction processing

• UI Automation

• WCF Data Services

• Windows Communication Foundation

• Windows Forms

• Windows Forms controls

• Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)

• Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)

• Windows services

• XML documents and data

• XML Web services

How-to and Walkthrough Directory

.NET Framework Guidelines and Best Practices