Some C# Terms And Namespace

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IDE Stands For

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IDE - Integrated Developer Environment - Software that helps to author code.

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BCL Stands For

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BCL - Base Class Library - Classes from the .NET Framework created by Microsoft.

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EXE Stands For

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EXE - Executable - Runnable software.

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DLL Stands For

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DLL - Dynamic Link Library(also called Class Library) - code that can be used by other applications.

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CLR Stands For

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CLR - Common Language Runtime - a sandbox where your code is ran, and the CLR handles tasks like memory management, what happens when you start/stop and when errors occur.

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Namespaces are...

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Namespaces - code separated into groups for a common task. Work like paths in a file system.

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the "using" keyword is...

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"Using" - keyword that works as a statement that allows the computer to know where to search for classes to use.

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Classes in Visual Studio are what color?

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Classes are cyan colored in Visual Studio. If a class is black with a red underline, it is not found by the computer, this is almost always because it has not been declared with a using statement, or the class has been spelled wrong.

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The System Namespace is for

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All of base data (numbers, text, dates), error handling, classes, and console interaction

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System.Collections is for

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Classes for dealing with groups of data.

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System.Data is for

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Classes for dealing with databases

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System.IO is for

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Allows reading and writing to files and other data steams

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System.Text is for

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Working with text data

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System.Timers is for

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Allows for performing actions on regular intervals

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System.Web is for

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All sorts of Internet interactive functionality

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System.XML is for

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Allows for reading and writing XML data.

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XML Is

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eXtensible Markup Language A common format to share data between systems independent of software or hardware constraints.