What is the base .NET class of all classes?*?

Answer 1

the Object class

Answer 2

Hi,
Great question, unfortunately no easy answer.

Programming is a skill, a discipline that requires a basic understanding of problem solving.

Think of a computer program as a food recipie.
You follow certain steps and procedures (mixing ingredients) and you do some processing and ... poof! you have dinner.

A program is a set of finite steps that the computer understands to perform a task.

A programmer must be able to break apart a problem, a task to be solved and be able to convert that into a development environment. This could be .NET environment or other stand alone environments that use PHP, Perl, C, C++ Visual Basic, Fortran, Pascal, Assembler, and many others too numerous to mention.

It requires logic, problem solving, analytical skills and a knowledge of various techniques (procedural or Object Oriented) for solving problems.

First, I would suggest looking at some very simple and basic programming examples. Once you understand that concept adapting that to .NET or any other environment is simply a matter of converting what you have done in another environment to the .NET framework.

You might try googling "how to program a computer", "programming tips" etc.


I found .NET to be tedious, and bloated. But those are my tastes.

Answer 3

That'd be the object class.

Agree with some that Wizzie B said, but sometimes people need a more definite push in the right direction. If you're just starting out, one of the best things you can do is know where your references are. For Microsoft stuff, that means using MSDN. Try searching around in the library for things. Get a book with some examples and pick them apart, modify them, make them do random things that you want them to do. Make them your own, learn from them.

As for .Net's bloat, sure. It's big and it can be unwieldy, and it's not as fast as native code, and you won't have to worry about garbage collection. But when your application's runtime characteristics don't need high end performance, when you need to write something with a decent UI but only have a day or two to do it, .Net is a good tool. So is Java, for that matter. They just aren't the only tools, and if you pursue programming, you'll end up with a collection of languages and technologies to pick from for what you need. For the problems it's meant to solve, .Net does a decent job.

Good luck.