1. MAJU TechCon 2009 21st November, 2009
Microsoft
.NET Framework and Visual Studio
An Overview
Adil Ahmed Mughal
2. Little About Me
• Adil Ahmed Mughal
• Development Executive at Telenor
Pakistan
• Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
• Microsoft Certified Professional
• INETA, User Group Leader
• I blog at http://www.AdilMughal.com
• Actively participates in community
3. Agenda
• Overview
• CLR
• Version History
• Why learn .NET?
• Web Development in .NET
• Windows Client Development
• .NET 4.0 Beta
4. .NET Framework Overview
• Microsoft's platform for building enterprise
applications
– Visually stunning UX
– Seamless and secure communication
– Model range of business processes
• The .NET Framework consists of:
– Common Language Runtime
– Base Classes
– Development Frameworks and Technologies
5. .NET Framework Overview
• Secure, Multi-Language Development Platform
– CLR, DLR, Compact Framework
• Next-Generation User Experiences
– Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight
• Cutting-Edge Web Application Development
– ASP.NET, AJAX
• Secure, Reliable Web Services
– Windows Communication Foundation (WCF)
• Mission-Critical Business Processes
– Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
• Flexible Data Access Options
– ADO.NET, Entity Framework, Data Services
6. Common Language Runtime (CLR)
• Run-time execution environment
• Code that targets the runtime is called managed
code
• Compilation of code in.NET Framework occurs in
two steps
– Compilation of Source Code into Microsoft Intermediate
Language (IL)
– Compilation of IL to platform specific code by the CLR
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8. Benefits of CLR
• Language Interoperability
• Platform Independence
• Performance Improvements
• Automatic Memory Management
• Security
10. Why Learn .NET?
• 92% share of market are Windows users
• 70% of development jobs on portals are for .NET
• Rapid Application Development
• Support development of enterprise application
• Apply common skills across a variety of devices,
application types, and programming tasks
• Integrate with other tools and technologies to build
the right solution with less work
11. Web Development in .NET
• ASP.NET
– Free Web development framework
– From personal to enterprise class dynamic websites
– Built on CLR with support of any .NET Language
– A huge collection of controls available out of the box
– Build compelling websites faster
– Easy integration with SQL Server and other databases using
ADO.NET and Entity Framework
13. Windows Client in .NET
• Windows Presentation Foundation
– Next generation presentation system for building windows
client application
– Visually stunning user experience
– Vector based rendering engine
– Utilizes modern graphics hardware
– Support 2D and 3D graphics and animation
– Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML)
15. .NET 4.0
• Currently Beta version is available
• Expected to released in March 2010
• Parallel Extensions to address multi core systems
• Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) enables support
for dynamic typed languages
• Improvements in C# 4.0
• New Features in ASP.NET
• Better support with Windows Azure
