Reference

This section contains reference documentation of the public classes that constitute the .NET Framework, as well as lexicons for other languages employed in the .NET Framework.

In This Section

• .NET Framework Class Library
  Documents each of the public classes that constitute the .NET Framework.
• .NET Framework Compiler and Language Reference
  Provides links to documentation for the compilers and languages contained in the .NET Framework.
• Unmanaged API Reference
  Describes the APIs that runtime hosts call from unmanaged code to configure and load the common language runtime into a process.
• .NET Framework Configuration File Schema
  Documents the XML tags and attributes used to create configuration files.
• ASP.NET Syntax
  Documents the syntax used to declaratively create an ASP.NET Web forms page.
• XML Schema Reference (XSD)
  Documents the XML Schema Definition (XSD) language, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
• Regular Expression Language Elements
  Documents the expression language employed in various places throughout the .NET Framework.
• CodeDOM Quick Reference
  Provides a quick lookup table for developers using the Code Document Object Model (CodeDOM).
• Performance Counters
  Describes tools you can use to profile your code.
• Design Guidelines for Class Library Developers
  Provides consistency guidelines for developing your components and classes.