Discusses type fundamentals. Starts off by introducing primitive types and then quickly moves on to reference types and value types. By Jeffrey Richter, MSDN Magazine.

Explains how resources are allocated and managed, then gives a description of how the garbage collection algorithm works. Also discussed are the way resources can clean up properly when the garbage collector decides to free a resource's memory and how...

Explains strong and weak object references that help to manage memory for large objects, as well as object generations and how they improve performance. In addition, the use of methods and properties for controlling garbage collection, resources for m...

Describes the use of metadata for easy linking and loading of assemblies, the relationship between metadata and concepts such as IDL and type libraries, and the metadata hierarchy. By Matt Pietrek, MSDN Magazine.

Introduces the concept of an assembly and describes how the .NET Framework uses assemblies to solve versioning and deployment problems. By Steven Pratschner, Microsoft.

Microsoft .NET introduces a new suite of XML APIs built on industry standards such as DOM, XPath, XSD, and XSLT. A discussion of the XMLDOM-Document is also included. By Aaron Skonnard, MSDN Magazine.

Visual Studio .NET has poor support for managing project resources such as bitmaps and icons. This is a short tutorial that explains the VS.NET resource management model, points you to a useful tool for editing resources, and provides example code for...

Microsoft's latest announcement, called Microsoft .NET, while touted by the likes of Fortune Magazine as a huge "revolution", is really nothing but vaporware. By Joel Spolsky.

Overview and commentary on .NET and C# initiatives. By Gopalan Suresh Raj.

Articles and discussions on Visual Studio.NET and the .NET Framework.