What is Microsoft .NET?
Briefly, Microsoft .NET supports the following features:
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As described by Microsoft, .NET is a robust platform for developing the next generation of applications.
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It is built using industry standards, such as XML and SOAP.
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The .NET platform supports many languages, including:
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Visual Basic .NET
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Visual C# .NET
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The .NET API, including data type support, is the same for all languages.
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.NET provides a single development environment, Visual Studio
® .NET, to work with all its supported languages.
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.NET supports all of the SOAP formats that are supported by OpenEdge Web services.