The latest articles on DEV Community by Gaurav Kumar (@gauravsingh9891). https://dev.to/gauravsingh9891 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F528369%2F6860114e-5ee8-4372-8dd6-397563d01aba.png https://dev.to/gauravsingh9891 en Gaurav Kumar Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:03:30 +0000 https://dev.to/gauravsingh9891/lets-know-about-most-powerful-dot-net-technology-in-5-mintues-2k4h https://dev.to/gauravsingh9891/lets-know-about-most-powerful-dot-net-technology-in-5-mintues-2k4h <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F88hqulay7dp4h7odp1ld.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F88hqulay7dp4h7odp1ld.jpg" alt="Image description" width="800" height="271"></a>## <strong>What is .NET ?</strong></p> <p>It is a product of Microsoft launched in the year 2002, which can be used for <strong>building various kinds</strong> of Applications like: <strong>Web</strong>, <strong>Mobile</strong>, <strong>Desktop</strong>, <strong>Microservices</strong>, <strong>Cloud based</strong>, <strong>Machine Learning</strong>, <strong>Game Development</strong> (Xbox-which is completely developed using C#) and <strong>IoT</strong> (Internet of Things). Official Website :- [<a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://dotnet.microsoft.com</a>] to know more about .NET.</p> <h2> <strong>Type Of Progamming Language's Offered by .NET</strong> </h2> <p>In .NET there are 30+ programming languages available for a developer at the initial stage, but currently 5 languages are available to build applications and programmers have a chance of choosing any 1 language from the list.</p> <p>To develop the different kind of applications, .NET provides with a set of <strong>Programming Languages</strong> (C#, F#, VB.NET, ML.NET, and Iron Python), <strong>Technologies</strong> [ADO.NET (use for communication with database), ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core (both are used for build web application)] &amp; <strong>Servers</strong> [Server OS (Window), Database Server (Mircosoft SQL Server), Web Server (IIS)] using which we can build any kind of Application.</p> <h2> <strong>2 Main Features of .NET</strong> </h2> <p>There are 2 important features in .NET, those are:</p> <ol> <li> <strong>Language Independent</strong> Or <strong>Language Interoperability</strong> </li> <li> <strong>Platform Independent</strong> Or <strong>Portability</strong> </li> </ol> dotnet csharp azure architecture