Introducing .NET Assemblies

Abstract

Each of the applications developed in this book’s first 14 chapters were along the lines of traditional stand-alone applications, given that almost all of your custom programming logic was contained within a single executable file (*.exe). However, one major aspect of the .NET platform is the notion of binary reuse, where applications make use of the types contained within various external assemblies (aka code libraries). The point of this chapter is to examine the core details of creating, deploying, and configuring .NET assemblies.