Microsoft

.NET Framework and Visual StudioAn Overview

Adil Ahmed Mughal

21st November, 2009MAJU TechCon 2009

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

Agenda

• Overview

• CLR

• Version History

• Why learn .NET?

• Web Development in .NET

• Windows Client Development

• .NET 4.0 Beta

.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

.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

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

Benefits of CLR

• Language Interoperability

• Platform Independence

• Performance Improvements

• Automatic Memory Management

• Security

.NET Framework History

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

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

DEMO – ASP.NET

21st November, 2009MAJU TechCon 2009

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)

DEMO – WPF

21st November, 2009MAJU TechCon 2009

.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

DEMO – .NET 4

21st November, 2009MAJU TechCon 2009

Q & A

21st November, 2009MAJU TechCon 2009

Adil Ahmed Mughalhttp://www.AdilMughal.com

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