.Net Frame Work

This article will help your in understanding .NET and .NET architecture.

 

What is the .NET Framework?

 

The .NET Framework is a new and revolutionary platform created by Microsoft for developing applications.  

• It is a platform for application developers.
• It is a Framework that supports Multiple Language and Cross language integration.
• IT has IDE (Integrated Development Environment).
• Framework is a set of utilities or can say building blocks of your application system.
• .NET Framework provides GUI in a GUI manner.
• .NET is a platform independent but with help of Mono Compilation System (MCS). MCS is a middle level interface.
• .NET Framework provides interoperability between languages i.e. Common Type System (CTS) .
• .NET Framework also includes the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), which is responsible for maintaining the execution of all applications developed using the .NET library.
• The .NET Framework consists primarily of a gigantic library of code.

Definition: A programming infrastructure created by Microsoft for building, deploying, and running applications and services that use .NET technologies, such as desktop applications and Web services.

 

Cross Language integration

 

You can use a utility of a language in another language (It uses Class Language Integration).

 

.NET Framework includes no restriction on the type of applications that are possible. The .NET Framework allows the creation of Windows applications, Web applications, Web services, and lot more.

 

The .NET Framework has been designed so that it can be used from any language, including C#, C++, Visual Basic, JScript, and even older languages such as COBOL.