Very general introduction to the .NET development platform. Most of the presentation really consists of actual demoing... these slides are supporting the discussion...
Online version available at:
http://docs.google.com/a/sogyo.nl/Presentation?id=dctf6tk7_298df59p83w
2. Agenda
What is .NET
Advantages of using .NET
How .NET works
Visual Studio IDE
3. What is .NET
Programming framework
Part of the Windows OS
foundation for new products
integration
Virtual Machine
CLR - Common Language Runtime
MSIL/CIL - Common Intermediate Language
4. What is .NET - BCL vs. FCL
Base Class Libraries
Common Language Infrastructure
CLR is an implementation of ECMA 335
so is Rotor...
and Mono...
Framework Class Libraries
BCL including the Microsoft namespace
User interfaces, data access, security, XML...
5. What is .NET - History
since 2000 CTP
January 2002 1.0
April 2003 1.1
November 2005 2.0
November 2006 3.0
November 2007 3.5