June 2001
Intermediate to advanced
320 pages
8h 32m
English
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Chapter 1. .NET Overview
Microsoft announced the .NET intitiative in July 2000. The .NET platform is a new development framework with a new programming interface to Windows services and APIs, integrating a number of technologies that emerged from Microsoft during the late 1990s. Incorporated into .NET are COM+ component services; the ASP web development framework; a commitment to XML and object-oriented design; support for new web services protocols such as SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI; and a focus on the Internet.
The platform consists of four separate product groups:
- Development tools
A set of languages, including C# and VB.NET; a set of development tools, including Visual Studio.NET; a comprehensive class library for building web services and web and Windows applications; as well as the Common Language Runtime to execute objects built within this framework.
- Specialized servers
A set of .NET Enterprise Servers, formerly known as SQL Server 2000, Exchange 2000, BizTalk 2000, and so on, that provide specialized functionality for relational data storage, email, and B2B commerce.
- Web services
An offering of commercial web services, recently announced as project HailStorm; for a fee, developers can use these services in building applications that require knowledge of user identity.
- Devices
New .NET-enabled non-PC devices, from cell phones to game boxes.
Microsoft is devoting considerable resources to the development and success of .NET and related technologies: their bets are on .NET as the next ...
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