Introduction: Alchemy .NET Visual Localization Component

Overview

The Microsoft. NET strategy was presented by Microsoft officials to the rest of the world in June 2000. It marked a significant change in the strategic direction of Microsoft, who up to this point was focused on building Desktop only applications and was giving scant regard to internet ready and collaborative web based technologies.

.NET is Microsoft's new Internet and Web strategy which delivers new Internet and Web based services on a server centric computing model. It is based on the very latest and newest Web standards and is primarily focused on enabling developers to deliver software as a Web Service.

.NET Internet Standards

.NET is built on the following Internet standards:

HTTP, the communication protocol between Internet Applications
XML, the format for exchanging data between Internet Applications
SOAP, the standard format for requesting Web Services
UDDI, the standard to search and discover Web Services

.NET Framework

The .NET Framework is the infrastructure for the new Microsoft .NET Platform. It is a common environment for building, deploying, and running Web Services and Web Applications. The framework includes common class libraries - like ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Windows Forms - to provide advanced standard services that can be integrated into a variety of computer systems.

The .NET Framework is also language neutral and currently supports C++, C#, Visual Basic, JScript (The Microsoft version of JavaScript) and COBOL.

The .NET Framework helps developers design multi-lingual applications using it's new Microsoft Visual Studio.NET Application Development environment. These applications can be deployed on a central server and can run on any desktop in Internet browsers.