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What is .NET (Microsoft .NET)

Dated: 23 Aug, 2010 10:55:25 AM

.NET is a framework created by Microsoft^® to ease the software development for Microsoft^® Windows^® platforms.

The .NET framework was created by Microsoft to make Windows and Web based development easier. This framework provide a unified library what can be used to develop windows applications, web applications, windows services, web services, distributed applications, etc.

The .NET framework consists of many other frameworks, some of them are:

WinForms framework: This framework is used to develop windows based rich UI applications.
WebForms framwork: (Popularly known as ASP.NET) The WebForms framework is used to develop web based applications
ADO.NET: to perform data connectivity. The ADO.NET Framework allows you to connect to varied databases using OLEDB, ODBC, etc.
Reflection: This set of classes allows you to view/query the metadata stored into the assembly
Remoting: These classes allows you to create distributed applications that run on Windows platform

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3 Comments.....

Rajat Jain
9/4/2010 11:49:24 AM

eagerly waiting for this site to be completed & fully functional...:)

rituraj
9/21/2010 10:13:46 PM

thanks for giving introduction of .net. i am persuing mca ignou. i tried several time to ask and learn about .net but no body entertained me . i appreciate you for your social service and helping nature. i pray from god that your dream come true

Manish Dalal
9/23/2010 1:20:23 AM

@Rajat: I am trying to write one article every week, but recently because of a lot of work, i was unable to do that. I will add a couple of articles this weekend.

@rituraj: thanks for your motivating feedback. I hope you will enjoy my articles and gain a better insight into .net

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