Introduction to .NET

02:47  Kick Buttowski  

  • A new platform for building Internet applications and Web services
  • Contains runtime, messaging, services, data access, interoperability, HTTP services, ASP+, and more
  • Supports multi-language development
  • Has a rich set of internet-supporting technologies
  • A common class library with a standard set of classes which all inherits from a base class called Object
  • The .Net Frameworks Object Model is called VOS - Virtual Object System


NGWS - Next Generation Windows Services

Dot Net was originally called NGWS.

Before the official announcement of Dot Net, the term NGWS was used for Microsoft's plans for producing an "Internet-based platform of Next Generation Windows Services".

This new family of Microsoft .NET products and technologies replaces the previous working title of Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) and includes software for developers to build next-generation Internet experiences as well as power a new breed of smart Internet devices. Microsoft also announced plans for new products built on the .NET platform, including new generations of the Microsoft Windows® operating system, Windows DNA servers, Microsoft Office, the MSN™ network of Internet services and the Visual Studio® development system.


.NET Internet Standards

.NET depends on four Internet standards:

  • HTTP, the communication protocol between Internet Applications
  • XML, the format for exchanging data between Internet Applications
  • SOAP, the standard format for requesting Web Services
  • UDDI, the standard to search and discover Web Services


What Does .NET Give You?

  • Data access
  • Functionality of the Win 32 API that is accessible through a simple object model
  • The VB language has been upgraded
  • C#
  • Memory management
  • ASP.NET
  • Programming languages have been moved closer together
  • Assembly

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