Introduction to DOT NET Framework
In this article, I am going to give you an overview of the DOT NET Framework. This is important for you
as a dot net developer to know the history and evolution of the DOT NET Framework. Here, in this
article, we will discuss what was there before the DotNet Framework and what problems we face in that
and how we overcome all those problems in DOT NET Framework.
Before DOT NET Framework COM is there. So, let us first discuss what is COM and what problems we
face in COM.
What is COM?
COM stands for Component Object Model. The COM is one of Microsoft Technologies. Using this
technology we can develop windows applications as well as web applications. In earlier COM, VB is the
programming language that is used to implement windows application and ASP is used to implement
web applications.
What are the disadvantages of COM?
The major two disadvantages of COM is
Incomplete object-oriented programming means it will not support all the features of OOPs.
Platform dependent means COM applications can run on only Windows OS.
To overcome the above problems, the DOT NET Framework comes into the picture.
What .NET Represents?
NET stands for Network Enabled Technology. In .NET, dot (.) refers to object-oriented and NET refers to
the internet. So the complete .NET means through object-oriented we can implement internet-based
applications.
What is a Framework?
A framework is a software. Or you can say a framework is a collection of many small technologies
integrated together to develop applications that can be executed anywhere.
