Computer History Notes - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v3.13, by Herong Yang
Introduction of .NET Framework
This section provides a quick introduction of the .NET Framework, which was first released in 2002. The .NET Framework provides virtual machine on Windows system to run applications written in different languages.
What Is .NET Framework? - .NET Framework is a software framework developed by Microsoft that runs on Windows systems to provide the CLR (Common Language Runtime) virtual machine where applications written in different languages can be executed. .NET Framework also provides a large library of software codes to help applications in area of user interface, data access, database connectivity, cryptography, web application development, numeric algorithms, and network communications.
The first version of .NET Framework was released in Feb. 2002. The current version is .NET 4.5 which was released in Feb. 2012.
Main features of .NET Framework as documented on wikipedia.org:
The picture below provides an overview of the Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) of the .NET Framework:
Table of Contents
►2002 - .NET Framework Developed by Microsoft
►Introduction of .NET Framework
HelloCLR.cs - Sample Application in C#
HelloCLR.vb - Sample Application in VB
1995 - PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor Created by Rasmus Lerdorf
1995 - Java Language Developed by Sun Microsystems
1991 - WWW (World Wide Web) Developed by Tim Berners-Lee
1991 - Gopher Protocol Created by a University of Minnesota Team
1984 - X Window System Developed a MIT Team
1984 - Macintosh Developed by Apple Inc.
1983 - "Sendmail" Mail Transfer Agent Developed by Eric Allman
1979 - The Tcsh (TENEX C Shell) Developed by Ken Greer
1978 - Bash (Bourne-Again Shell) Developed by Brian Fox
1978 - The C Shell Developed by Bill Joy
1977 - The Bourne Shell Developed by Stephen Bourne
1977 - Apple II Designed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
1976 - vi Text Editor Developed by Bill Joy
1974 - Internet by Vinton Cerf
1972 - C Language Developed by Dennis Ritchie
1971 - FTP Protocol Created by Abhay Bhushan
1970 - UNIX Operating System Developed by AT&T Bell Labs