Tuesday, February 9, 2010

.NET Framework

You should understand that the .NET Framework is really a cluster of several
technologies:
The .NET languages: These include C# and VB .NET (Visual Basic .NET), the objectoriented
and modernized successor to Visual Basic 6.0; these languages also include
JScript .NET (a server-side version of JavaScript), J# (a Java clone), and C++ with
Managed Extensions.
The CLR (Common Language Runtime): The CLR is the engine that executes all .NET
programs and provides automatic services for these applications, such as security
checking, memory management, and optimization.
The .NET Framework class library: The class library collects thousands of pieces of
prebuilt functionality that you can “snap in” to your applications. These features are
sometimes organized into technology sets, such as ADO.NET (the technology for
creating database applications) and Windows Forms (the technology for creating
desktop user interfaces).
ASP.NET: This is the engine that hosts web applications and web services, with almost
any feature from the .NET class library. ASP.NET also includes a set of web-specific
services.
Visual Studio: This optional development tool contains a rich set of productivity and
debugging features.

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