Getting Started with Visual Studio.Net
Getting Started with Visual Studio.Net
Visual Studio.Net is a comprehensive Integrated Development
Environment (IDE) that is extensively used to develop ASP.Net
web applications. In addition, it allows you to create
standalone applications, mobile applications and eXtensible
Markup Language (XML) Web Services. Visual Studio.Net provides a
common platform to build, compile, and run an application.
Visual Studio.Net comes with .Net Framework that allows you to
install Common Language Runtime (CLR), class libraries, and
ASP.NET. Visual Studio.Net has drag-and-drop capabilities for
all the controls that make it user-friendly.
Visual Studio.Net comes in three editions: Professional,
Enterprise Developer, and Enterprise Architect. The Professional
edition helps you to easily build and deploy Windows, Web, and
Mobile applications. The Professional edition, that has built-in
ADO.NET and Visual Database Tools, provide support for the
creation of professional data-driven software. The Enterprise
Developer allows you to use the .NET Framework and Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 to develop distributed applications with
improved deployment capabilities, security, reliability, and
performance.
As Visual Studio.Net includes Common Language Runtime engine,
the applications in Visual Studio.Net are language independent
and platform independent. You can program the applications with
languages such as Visual Basic.Net, Visual C#.Net, Visual
C++.Net, and Visual J#.Net. In addition you can use languages
such as COBOL, FORTRAN, Java, Eiffel, and Mercury in your
applications. You can also use scripting languages such as
VBScript and JavaScript.
Visual Studio.Net 2003 now has some of the advanced features
such as integration with .Net Compact Framework, support for
latest web services, and integration with Enterprise
Instrumentation Framework. The integration with .Net Compact
Framework allows you to develop and deploy applications for
smart devices. Visual Studio.Net 2003 supports some of the most
advanced web services such as WS-Routing, WS-Security,
WS-Attachments, and Direct Internet Message Encapsulation.
Similarly, the integration of Enterprise Instrumentation
Framework with Visual Studio.Net 2003 allows you to monitor the
application while you run it.
All the features mentioned above are available in all the
editions of Visual Studio.Net. For the integration of Enterprise
Instrumentation Framework, you have to download it from MSDN.
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http://www.dotnet-guide.com/visualstudio.html