Libraries, Assemblies and Components... Oh my...

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Chuck Bowling

I don't understand the difference between these three things... Can someone
clarify?
 
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Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]

An assembly is the .NET term for a self-describing collection of modules
having so called manifest.
An assembly is a unit of .NET application.

A library is usually an assembly that contains reusable code but is not an
executable program by itself.

A component is just a particular type of class supporting design-time
features.
 
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Chuck Bowling

Thank you Dmitriy. That helped some. Looks like I still have quite a ways to
go before I can become a C# guru... ;)

Dmitriy Lapshin said:
An assembly is the .NET term for a self-describing collection of modules
having so called manifest.
An assembly is a unit of .NET application.

A library is usually an assembly that contains reusable code but is not an
executable program by itself.

A component is just a particular type of class supporting design-time
features.

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Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
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Chuck Bowling said:
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clarify?
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