C++/CLI is a computer language based on C++ with support for the .NET Framework. C++/CLI, developed by Microsoft and submitted to international standardization, is primarily a computer language, not a programming environment.

This ebook features lessons on how to program in the C++/CLI computer language, without assuming any prior knowledge of programming. The lessons start from scratch.

This ebook is not about Microsoft Visual C++/CLI nor Visual C++ 2005 Windows programming for graphical applications. At the time of this publication, because Microsoft C++ was the only compiler that supported C++/CLI, the instructions in the lessons are given for Visual C++ 2005 to create the exercises but no attempt is made at showing the reader how to create Windows (GUI) applications. The intent of this ebook is to teach C++/CLI as a programming language.