3 Exploring .NET
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This chapter covers the following recipes:
- Exploring .NET Assemblies
- Exploring .NET Classes
- Leveraging .NET Methods
- Creating a C# Extension
- Creating a cmdlet
Introduction
Microsoft first launched the Microsoft .NET Framework in June 2000, with the code name Next Generation Windows Services. Amidst a barrage of marketing zeal, Microsoft seemed to add the .NET moniker to every product in its portfolio: Windows .NET Server (later renamed Windows Server 2003), Visual Studio.NET, and even MapPoint .NET.
The .NET Framework provided application developers with a host of underlying...
