Microsoft's .NET Framework

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the Microsoft Corporation's .NET Framework, which along with the companion product, Visual Studio .NET, belongs in the software development category of software products. It examines how it is Microsoft's approach to a comprehensive development and runtime environment similar to J2EE. It provides a brief discussion of object-oriented programming (OOP) and its benefits, followed by the benefits of building object-oriented systems using the .NET Framework.

Outline
What is the .NET Framework?
Technical Overview
Microsoft Intermediate Language
Common Language Runtime
.NET Framework Class Library
Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
Benefits of .NET Framework in Building Object-Oriented Systems
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The common language runtime is the execution engine for the .NET Framework system. The common language runtime is built on top of operating system services. It is responsible for actually executing the application. Specifically, code that targets the runtime and whose execution is managed by the runtime is referred to as managed code. The CLR is responsible for run-time services, including language integration, security enforcement, memory management, (including garbage collection), process management and thread management. Similar to CORBA, (Common Object Request Broker Architecture), it is the "engine" that allows diverse applications to work with each other regardless of what language they were written in."

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