.NET Overview

[tgpfarm]

Is there anywhere i can find a .NET overview like in java?

for instance java is here:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/...w-summary.html

[mendhak]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/

[ComputerJy]

If you are using 2005, just install the "QucikStart", I don't remember where is the setup file exactly.
and then, it's http://localhost/quickstartv20/ under "class browser"

[tgpfarm]

actually i am using #develop

[Valleysboy1978]

ewww! Good to get a general idea of .Net but get on to Visual Studio as soon as you can

If you're looking for reviews and such just search for "java .Net" and this will have many pages showing the pros and cons of both

[mendhak]

If the Visual Studio Express versions are still available for download, get those and see how you like it. I've never used them (I have VS full) but I hear they are quite good.

[yrwyddfa]

I have - just today - downloaded VB.Net Express.

I am not impressed with execution speed, mind you. And this is on a 64bit Turion laptop with 2Gb RAM. Still it is running on the Vista preview - so I shouldn't complain.

I have a question for the .Net experts. Is .Net natively 64bit, or is it 32bit. Are there different JIT compliers for different processors which make the previous question mute? Can I force native compliation so as to avoid 'less' compatible JIT compilers? How can I control the JIT compiler's parameters? Why do m$ not seem to publish anything (in detail) about the compiler? Can I control on which processor any particular thread executes after JIT? Or even before it?

[yrwyddfa]

Here might answer some of the questions I asked . . .

[mendhak]

.NET is available in both 64 and 32 bit versions.

I assume the JIT questions have been answered.

You can't control which processor executes which thread. That's supposed to be the job of the OS.

M$ won't publish detailed information on the JIT or make it easy to find because they want to annoy you.