In this premier article, Essam Ahmed starts his JScript .NET column with an introduction to the .NET Framework and JScript .NET.

The .NET Class Library uses exceptions throughout to report errors or unexpected conditions; however, a lot of code isn't exception aware. This article explains what exceptions are, how to respond to exceptions, and several ways of creating your own exceptions.

Discover the details of class access rules, inheritance, and polymorphism as they relate to JScript .NET. See sample code that demonstrates how to use these features.

Walk through the creation of a Web Service and three types of client applications that use it: a Windows Forms based client, and Internet Explorer-based client, and an ASP.NET client application.