DotNet CLR Tutorial(good 多).doc

/tt/articles/showarticle.tss?id=DM_CLR#other April 20, 2004 Overview CLR Basics History and Motivation Core Features and Services Other Features and Services Summary Resources PURPOSE The purpose of this document is to introduce developers and other technical staff to the most important piece of Microsofts .NET strategy, the Common Language Runtime. This web site is intended to be a resource to the following audiences: Managers, developers, systems administrators and others with a technical background who want to understand what the CLR is, and how it fits into Microsofts .NET strategy After successfully completing this tutorial, you should be able to: Understand how the CLR fits into .NET Understand Microsofts reasons for developing the CLR Explain how the CLR overcomes the deficiencies of the technologies it replaces Understand some of the services that the CLR provides PREREQUISITES Familiarity with basic programming concepts TOOLS Youll need the following tools to complete this tutorial: This is a non-programming tutorial, so no tools are required AUTHORS Craig Andera (principal author) The author would also like to thank the following for their contributions: Don Box, Keith Brown, Tim Ewald, Jon Flanders, Stu Halloway, Paul Kirby, Jose Mojica, Chris Sells, Dan Sullivan, Jason Whittington, Mike Woodring, Kim Wolk, Justin Gehtland, Julie Ryan. OVERVIEW Microsofts .NET is a broad family of products representing the companys next generation of services, software, and development tools. At the core of the .NET strategy lives the Common Language Runtime. The CLR is a platform for software development that provides services by consuming metadata. It is standards-based and component-oriented. Like any platform, the important pieces are the runtime, the libraries that provide access to them, and the languages that can target the platform. The aim of this tutorial is to provide a foundation for forming and answering questions about the technical a