Summary
This chapter has covered a lot of ground,
briefly reviewing important aspects of the .NET Framework and C#’s
relationship to it. It started by discussing how all languages that
target .NET are compiled into Microsoft Intermediate Language (IL)
before this is compiled and executed by the Common Language
Runtime (CLR). This chapter
also discussed the roles of the following features of .NET in the
compilation and execution process:
Figure 1-4
provides an overview of how these features come into play during
compilation and execution.
You learned about the characteristics of IL,
particularly its strong data typing and object orientation, and how
these characteristics influence the languages that target .NET,
including C#. You also learned how the strongly typed nature of IL
enables language interoperability, as well as CLR services such as
garbage collection and security.
Finally, you learned how C# can be used as the
basis for applications that are built on several .NET technologies,
including ASP.NET.
Chapter 2 discusses how to write code in C#.