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Chapter 2 will illustrate the use of the .NET Framework 3.5 SDK documentation, which provides details

regarding every namespace, type, and member found within the base class libraries.

Accessing a Namespace Programmatically

It is worth reiterating that a namespace is nothing more than a convenient way for us mere humans

to logically understand and organize related types. Consider again the System namespace. From

your perspective, you can assume that System.Console represents a class named Console that is

contained within a namespace called System. However, in the eyes of the .NET runtime, this is not

so. The runtime engine only sees a single entity named System.Console.

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In C#, the using keyword simplifies the process of referencing types defined in a particular

namespace. Here is how it works. Let’s say you are interested in building a traditional desktop appli-

cation. The main window renders a bar chart based on some information obtained from a back-end

database and displays your company logo. While learning the types each namespace contains takes

study and experimentation, here are some possible candidates to reference in your program: