.NET Framework

The .NET framework is a collection of common services provided to

perform various tasks or achieve various goals. These may include

1) Designing,

2) Developing,

3) Deploying,

4) Debugging,

5) Run applications

.NET Framework Software

• BCL & FCL (Base class Library & Framework class Library)

.Net Framework Tools

• Visual Studio .NET
• Web matrix (specific for web applications)

BCL (Base class Library)

• Collection of built-in library Files
• Specially designed for a particular language
• Contains those files only which are required by the specific language and not others.

FCL (Framework class Library)

• Collection of built-in library files.
• Designed to be utilized by all language
• Contains only those files which are required by all the tools.