The .NET Framework

.Net Framework has been designed by Microsoft for the sake of interoperability. Due to this, .Net Framework is many times compared to the Java runtime environment, which gives cross platform capabilities to Java(tm) programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. But there is a very great difference between these two. JRE is the implementation of the "One Language - Multiple Operating Systems" theory, whereas .Net Framework is the implementation of "Multiple Languages - One Operating Systems" theory (At least as of writing of this tutorial). .Net Framework has been written for windows operating system and can integrate many languages into one. If a company has employed two developers with different language skills, then they do not need to learn one language in order to be able to work together on the same project.

Both of these programmers will be able to work together on the .Net Framework. You can simply build modules in different languages and then integrate them into one.

The core features of .Net Framework are following:

• Simplified development.
• XCOPY deployment You can simply copy a program file somewhere and it will work.
• Scalability.
• Rich Web clients and safe Web hosting.
• Potentially multi-platform.
• Multiple languages (cross inheritance).
• Increases productivity.
• Robust and secure execution environment.