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Free .NET Framework SDK Posted

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Microsoft has released the .NET Framework SDK, giving developers an inexpensive way to evaluate and work with Microsoft’s new .NET Framework platform. The platform aims to simplify development of Windows applications (especially Web applications and services) and make those applications more reliable and secure. (See “.NET Framework Forces Decisions” on page 3 of the Oct. 2001 Update, and “ASP.NET Improves Development of Web Applications” on the page 3 of the Jan. 2002 Update.)

SDK Delivers Basics for .NET Programs

The SDK includes the following:

  • ASP.NET, a service for dynamic Web pages, which replaces Active Server Pages (ASP).
  • The Common Language Runtime (CLR), a software component that loads and executes applications.
  • The .NET Framework class libraries, code libraries that applications use for functions such as graphical user interfaces, networking, and data access.
  • Compilers for the C# (pronounced “C-sharp”) and Visual Basic .NET programming languages, which generate code for

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