It is intended for programmers who already know object-oriented language and want to apply their knowledge in a standard environment provided by Microsoft NET Framework .. The book, written by Jeffrey Richter, a programmer and columnist NET. In Microsoft's magazine for the developer community, take a language-agnostic approach is more or less to run-time environment (though many illustrative examples in C #). It aims to describe the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and some Framework Class Library (FCL), and generally successful, particularly in the former Wall. - David Topics covered: Microsoft. NET Framework How - in other words the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and parts of the Framework Class Library (FCL) - runs Microsoft. NET applications, and how to write software for the framework. There are particularly detailed information on text manipulation (including internationalization and localization), arrays, custom interfaces, and managed environment (garbage collection) in the CLR environment.