What is .NET? – Main Features

• Platform Independence – code is compiled to an intermediate language (IL).

• Language Interoperation – code written in one language can be accessed by another language transparently.

• Multiple Languages support - C++, C#, JavaScript, J#, Visual Basic.NET, Eiffel, Ada, Cobol, Fortran, Python

• Extensive Class Libraries & Frameworks

  • ADO.NET – Database access
  • Remoting – Distributed environments
  • Windows.Forms - GUI

• New Language - C#

  • Similar to Java

• Strong Web Applications Support

  • ASP.NET
  • Web Services

• Interoperability with legacy code (shared libs, dlls, etc)

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