.NET

Fundamentals

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Sunny K. Sharma

• MVP, C# Corner

• Author / Speaker

• Microsoft Certified Professional

• corp.sunnykumar@gmail.com

• @sunny_delhi

• http://Codeflair.net

Agenda

• .NET Overview

• Fundamentals

• Tools provided by .NET framework

• Q n A

What is .NET ?

The .NET framework is a collection

library of different classes and functions.

• Visual Studio NOT compulsory.

• Also support Non .NET languages to be

converted into .NET.

A little History:

• Development started in late 1990s.

• Initially Called as NGWS

(Next Generation Windows Service)

• First announced in 2000 by Bill Gates in PDC-

Orlando, Florida.

Evolution:

Version Arrived In

1.0 2002

1.1 2003

2.0 2005

3.0 2006

3.5 2007

4.0 2010

4.5 2012

CLR

.NET Framework

Class Library

Core Components

CLR provides:

• IL to Native code conversion

• Code Execution

• CAS (Code access security)

• Exception Handling

• Garbage Collection

• Thread Management

• Type safety enforcement

Class Library:

• Data Structures

• IO Management

• Windows and Web controls

• Database Access – ADO.NET

• Multithreading

• Remoting

• Reflections

• Over 2000+ tools / libraries available

C#Visual

Basic

C++ F#

Native Language Support:

Terminologies:

“Intermediate Language”

• Emitted by language compilers, high-level

intermediate code which is converted

again by CLR into Machine (Native) code.

Sometimes referred as MSIL.

• Processor Independent.

Terminologies:

“Assembly”

• A Container for code, metadata

and resources.

• Also knows as DLL (Dynamic Link

Library)

Terminologies:

“Metadata”

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Terminologies:

“Garbage Collection”

Process of detecting when objects

are no longer in use, destroying

those objects and freeing up the

memory!

Terminologies:

“Namespace”

Code Container!

Terminologies:

“Class”

A Blue Print of an object!

Terminologies:

“Class”

.NET Framework Architecture

What really happens?

What .NET Allows you to

build?

Console

App

Windows

GUI App

Web

Apps

XML Web

Services

Windows

Services

Mobile

Apps

Where to Start?

• Grab Visual Studio 2013 Community Edition -

Completely FREE!

• MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com

• http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks

• https://www.dreamspark.com/

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Thank You!