“…'Microsoft .NET Kick Start' answers the essential questions ¿What is .NET?¿ and ¿What can .NET do for me?¿ from the developer¿s perspective. Expert author Hitesh Seth explains the .NET platform¿its core components, development tools, and programming model¿so you¿ll be ready to build professional .NET applications in no time. …”

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