Features of .NET

How does .NET achieve the goal

1. Web Services (Web services are called as Health storm service through which ones data can be utilized by other people without re-entry of the data of the client). The centre of the .NET architecture.
2. ADO.Net Datasets & XML support through out the platform (Allows access to disconnected distributed databases. It creates Dataset containing database schemas).
3. In .NET framework common data types are defined using this data type you can share data between different applications and Microsoft has told to all the software vendors to develop compilers according to these common data types, so that their compilers become .NET Complaint.
4. Threading is built-in.
5. Cross language inheritance is one of the best feature of .NET.
6. Cross language debugging is also possible.
7. Visual Studio.NET IDE is the GUI editor for all .NET languages.
8. Under .NET after compilation all languages will generate Intermediate Language Code (IL).
9. No need of registration, GUIDs.
10. Multiple versions of the same component can be run side-by-side.
11. No “DLL Hell”.
12. Applications will run directly from CD.
13. Applications install only the core logic.
14. No need to install runtime libraries.
15. No need to copy the .dll files with the code.
16. Object Oriented Paradigm.
    • Classes
    • Objects
    • Data Abstraction
    • Encapsulation
    • Inheritance
    • Polymorphism
    • Interfaces
17. Common Language Runtime (CLR)
18. Common Language Specification (CLS) - Common Language Specifications for Cross Language Implementation.
19. Garbage Collection
20. Interoperability
21. Web Applications (ASP.NET)