What is the .NET framework?

.NET is one of Microsoft’s platforms, and it’s used to create a wide range of Windows-based applications.
The ability to create classes, libraries, and APIs, as well as to execute, debug, and publish code to web services and applications, are the framework’s main features. It supports a wide range of languages, allowing you to work with everything from C# to VB to Perl and beyond.

In the.NET framework, the object-oriented model is promoted.

.NET is a framework for software development. It is just like other software development framework like (J2EE). It provides runtime capabilities and a rich set of pre-built functionality in the form of class library and API’s. This .NET framework is an environment to build, deploy and run web services and other applications.

The .NET framework contains three main parts:

  • Common Language Runtime
  • Framework classes
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