Introduction to .NET Framework The .NET Framework is a software development plat

Introduction to .NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a software development platform that was introduced by Microsoft in the late 1990 under the NGWS. On 13 February 2002, Microsoft launched the first version of the .NET Framework, referred to as the .NET Framework 1.0.
In this section, we will understand the .NET Framework, characteristics, components, and its versions.
What is .NET Framework
It is a virtual machine that provide a common platform to run an application that was built using the different language such as C#, VB.NET, Visual Basic, etc. It is also used to create a form based, console-based, mobile and web-based application or services that are available in Microsoft environment. Furthermore, the .NET framework is a pure object oriented, that similar to the Java language. But it is not a platform independent as the Java. So, its application runs only to the windows platform.
The main objective of this framework is to develop an application that can run on the windows platform. The current version of the .Net framework is 4.8.Components of .NET Framework
components of .NET Framework:
CLR (Common Language Runtime)
CTS (Common Type System)
BCL (Base Class Library)
CLS (Common Language Specification)
FCL (Framework Class Library)
.NET Assemblies
XML Web Services
Window Services