Dig deep and master the intricacies of the common language runtime (clr) and the .net framework 4.0. Written by a highly regarded programming expert and consultant to the microsoft .net team, this guide is ideal for developers building any kind of application-including microsoft asp.net, windows forms, microsoft sql server, web services, and console applications. You'll get hands-on instruction and extensive c# code samples to help you tackle the tough topics and develop high-performance applications. Part i: clr basics · the clr's execution model · building, packaging, deploying, and administering applications and types · shared assemblies and strongly named assemblies part ii: designing types · type fundamentals · primitive, reference, and value types · type and member basics · constants and fields · methods · parameters · properties · events · generics · interfaces part iii: essential types · chars, strings, and working with text · enumerated types and bit flags · arrays · delegates · custom attributes part iv: core facilities · exceptions and state management · automatic memory management (garbage collection) · clr hosting and appdomains · assembly loading and reflection · runtime serialization part v: threading · thread basics · compute-bound asynchronous operations · i/o-bound asynchronous operations · primitive thread synchronization constructs · hybrid thread synchronization constructs - from Amzon