Visual Basic .NET/NET assembly

Assemblies and Manifests

A Microsoft.NET Assembly is an exe or dll. Assemblies are the basic unit of deployment. An assembly consists of 4 components:

1. Assembly Metadata (also known as Assembly Manifest)
   • This is sort of like a packaging list of everything that is required for this assembly to work. A manifest contains:
     1. Version requirements
     2. Security Identity
     3. Scope of assembly
2. Type Metadata
3. IL (Intermediate Language)
4. Resources