Microsoft .NET Frameworks features details

Microsoft .NET Frameworks....

Features and enhancements that has happened with respect to Microsoft .NET Frameworks

Objective

To know the series of events happened with respect to .NET framework.

Microsoft .NET Framework Details

Features: .NET Framework Version - V1.0/1.1: Released in Year 2002/2003

1. CLR 1.0/1.1
2. C#.NET was introduced
3. Upgraded to VB.NET from VB 6
4. Upgraded to ASP.NET from ASP 3
5. Upgraded to ADO.NET from ADO
6. Remoting (previously DCOM) was introduced
7. Web Services introduced
8. Visual Studio Versions:  2002/2003

Features: NET Framework Version - V 2.0: Released in Year/2005

1. CLR 2.0
2. C#/VB/ASP/ADO.NET 2.0
3. Web Services Enhancements (WSE)
4. ASP.NET AJAX
5. Visual Studio Versions:  2005

Features: NET Framework Version - V 3.0: Released in Year/2006

1. CLR 2.0
2. C#/VB/ASP/ADO.NET 2.0
3. Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) introduced
4. Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) introduced
5. Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) introduced
6. Windows CardSpace introduced
7. Visual Studio Versions:  VS 2005

Features: NET Framework Version - V3.5: Released in Year/2008

1. CLR 2.0
2. C#/VB/ASP/ADO.NET 3.5
3. Language Integrated Query (LINQ)
4. WCF/WPF/WF 3.5
5. ASP.NET AJAX is built-in
6. Visual Studio Versions:  VS 2008

Features: NET Framework Version – V3.5 SP1: Released in Year/2009

1. Silverlight
2. Entity Framework
3. ASP.NET MVC

Features: NET Framework Version – V4.0: Released in Year/2010

1. CLR 4.0
2. C#/VB/ASP/ADO.NET 4.0
3. LINQ/EF 4.0
4. WCF/WPF/WF 4.0
5. Silverlight 3.0
6. ASP.NET MVC 2.0
7. F#.NET introduced
8. Dynamic Programming
9. Parallel Programming
10. Visual Studio Versions: VS 2010

Features: NET Framework Version – V4.5:  Beta is released

1. Visual Studio Versions: VS 2011 

For further reading on V4.5, visit http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/whitepapers/whats-new




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