What is .net ?

Hello! Programmers…

Friends! If you are new in the world of dot net programming then your first question is “What is .Net?” So, Friends let’s find the answer for this question. 

Friends! Dot Net is a Software developing framework developed by Microsoft. This framework runs   on Windows operating system with large numbers of class library called FCL (FRAMEWORK CLASS LIBRARY) and provides the ability to work with several programming languages. Programs written in .Net framework is executes in Common Language Runtime (CLR) software environment.  .Net framework supports various programming languages  such as C#(C Sharp), VB .NET, J# and c++.   

CLR provides very important services such as SECURITY MANAGEMENT, AUTOMATIC MEMORY MANAGEMENT, STANDARD TYPE SYSTEM, LANGUAGE INTEROPERABILITY and PLATFORM INDEPENDENCE.

Friends, .Net runs with large numbers of class library i.e.  FCL. FCL provides USER INTERFACE, DATA ACCESS, DATABASE CONNECTIVITY, CRYPTOGRAPHY, WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, NUMERIC ALOGORITHMS AND NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS.

So, Friends… It’s not wrong to say that .Net is the combination of FCL and CLR.  

Friends, I hope that this post is clear your all doubts about .Net…

If you have any confusion or doubts Please Write in Comments… :-)