Hour 24. The 10,000-Foot View
You know a lot about C# by now. You can create projects, use forms and controls to build an interface, and you know how to add menus and toolbars to a form. You've also learned how to create modules and procedures and how to write code to make things happen. You can use variables, make decisions, perform looping, and even debug your code. The question you may be thinking now is, “Where to next?”
Throughout this book, I've focused my discussions on C#. When it comes to Microsoft's .NET platform, however, C# is just part of the picture. In this hour, I provide an overview of Microsoft's .NET platform so that you can see how C# relates to .NET as a whole. By the time you finish this hour, you'll understand the various pieces of .NET and how they are interrelated. Hopefully, you'll be able to combine this information with your current personal and professional needs to determine the facets of .NET that you want to explore in more detail.
The highlights of this hour include the following: