This book/DVD package teaches developers the best practices for designing system frameworks and reusable libraries for use with Microsoft .NET Framework and WinFX. The book features boxed annotations to the guidelines by members of various Microsoft .NET teams, discussing the motives behind the guidelines and giving examples of good reasons for breaking the rules. The companion DVD contains videos of instructional presentations by the authors on design guidelines for developing classes and components that extend the .NET framework. A sample API specification is also included. Cwalina and Abrams are affiliated with Microsoft Corporation. Annotation ฉ2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1. Introduction.
2. Framework Design Fundamentals.
3. Naming Guidelines.
4. Type Design Guidelines.
5. Member Design.
6. Designing For Extensibility.
7. Exceptions.
8. Usage Guidelines.
9. Common Design Patterns.
Appendix A: C# Coding Style Conventions.
Appendix B: Using FxCop to Enforce the Design Guidelines (by Sheridan Harrison).

Appendix C: Sample API Specification.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.