Microsoft .NET Frameworks features details

This article describes the features and enhancements that has happened with respect to Microsoft .NET Frameworks

Microsoft .NET Frameworks....


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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Silverlight
Entity Framework
ASP.NET MVC

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

CLR 4.0
C#/VB/ASP/ADO.NET 4.0
LINQ/EF 4.0
WCF/WPF/WF 4.0
Silverlight 3.0
ASP.NET MVC 2.0
F#.NET introduced
Dynamic Programming
Parallel Programming
Visual Studio Versions: VS 2010

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

Visual Studio Versions: VS 2011

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