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NET Building Blocks |
The .NET Framework provide a set of core Internet Services that are easily accessible to developers via a common set of APIs.
Web Services: These services provide data and services to other applications. Web Services are the most fundamental building blocks in the Microsoft .NET programming model.
Standard Communication: Official Web standards (XML, UDDI, SOAP) are used to describe what Internet data is, and to describe what Web Services can do.
Internet Storages: Microsoft .NET offers secure and addressable places to store data and applications on the Web. Allowing all types of Internet devices (PCs, Palmtops, Phones) to access data and applications. These Web Services are built on Microsoft's existing NTFS, SQL Server, and Exchange technologies.
Internet Dynamic Delivery: The framework provides a foundation for reliable automatic upgrades by demand and installation independent applications.
Internet Identity: .NET supports many different levels of authentication services like passwords, wallets, and smart cards. These services are built on existing Microsoft Passport and Windows Authentication technologies.
Internet Messaging: The .NET Framework supports integration of messaging, e-mail, voice-mail, and fax into one unified Internet Service, targeted for all kinds of PCs or smart Internet devices. These services are built on existing Hotmail, Exchange and Instant Messenger technologies.
Internet Calendar: .NET supports Internet integration of work, social, and private home calendars. Allowing all types of Internet devices (PCs, Palmtops, Phones) to access the data. These services are built on existing Outlook and Hotmail technologies.
Internet Directory Services: .NET supports a new kind of directory services that can answer XML based questions about Internet Services, far more exactly than search engines and yellow pages. These services are built on the UDDI standard.
There are several versions of the Microsoft .NET Framework; MS .NET 2.x, 3.x and 4.x. Alchemy CATALYST supports all of these versions.
The latest version of Visual Studio - Visual Studio.NET - incorporates ASP.NET, ADO.NET, Web Services, Web Forms, and language innovations for Visual Basic. The development tools have deep XML support, an XML-based programming model and new object-oriented programming capabilities.
Visual Basic.NET has added language enhancements, making it a full object-oriented programming language.