MSIL for the C# Developer

By Filip Ekberg
Get an understanding of what your daily programming generates by understanding MSIL.
Course info
Rating
(228)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 14, 2013
Duration
2h 35m
Table of contents
MSIL for the C# Developer Introduction
Introduction 2m
Compiling C#
What is a compiler? 1m What happens when we run a C# Application? 1m What is MSIL? 1m Decompiling a C# Application and viewing MSIL 2m The basic OpCodes and how to spot them when decompiled 3m Summary 1m
Understanding IL and the Evaluation Stack
The structure of MSIL 1m What is a Stack? 4m Analyze a method 5m What the method really looks like 2m Calling methods 1m Understanding Recursion 5m Summary 2m
Building things at runtime
What is Reflection? 1m Why should I avoid Reflection? 1m Using Reflection to get information in runtime 6m Why create things in runtime? 2m A first look at DynamicMethod and MSIL in a C# Application 11m Convert a basic C# method to MSIL 9m Comparing our MSIL to a disassembled snippet 2m Converting a method line by line to MSIL 11m Converting a method line by line to MSIL part 2 3m Summary 2m
Building Things at Runtime Part 2
Building More Things in Runtime 0m Calling Methods 4m Calling Dynamic Methods 5m Recursive Methods 9m Using a Switch 8m Creating A Type With TypeBuilder 10m Summary 2m
Understanding the Different OpCodes
More Operation Codes Ahead 0m What happens when we host the Dynamic Method anonymously? 4m Getting the Remainder of a Division 1m Negating Values 1m Using Bitwise Operations 3m Creating an Instance of A Class 2m Loading Elements From an Array 3m Summary 1m
Compiling your own IL
MSIL Outside Visual Studio 2m The IL Dissassembler 2m Calling Console.WriteLine 3m Using Arguments Passed to Our Program 2m Conversion, Value Types and Boxing 4m Creating an Entire Type Using MSIL 6m Summary 1m
Wrap Up
Summary 4m
Description
Course info
Rating
(228)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jun 14, 2013
Duration
2h 35m
Description

In this course we look at MSIL; the code that is generated when you compile C#. We explore MSIL so that you get a better understanding of how C# works and how it is compiled.

About the author
Filip Ekberg
About the author

Filip is an enthusiastic developer that strives to learn something new every day. With over a decade of experience in .NET, Filip actively spreads his knowledge and ideas around the globe.

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