FLAVORS OF DOT NET

Contrary to general belief .NET is not a single technology. Rather it is a set of

technologies that work together seamlessly to solve your business problems. The

following sections will give you insight into various flavors and tools of .NET and what

kind of applications you can develop. 

 

 

What type of applications can I develop? 

 

When you hear the name .NET, it gives a feeling that it is something to do only

with internet or networked applications. Even though it is true that .NET provides

solid foundation for developing such applications it is possible to create many

other types of applications. Following list will give you an idea about various

types of application that we can develop on .NET. 

 

1. ASP.NET Web applications:

 These include dynamic and data driven browser

based applications.

 

2. Windows Form based applications: 

These refer to traditional rich client

applications. 

 

3. Console applications:  

These refer to traditional DOS kind of applications like

batch scripts. 

 

4. Component Libraries: 

This refers to components that typically encapsulate

some business logic. 

 

5. Windows Custom Controls: 

 As with traditional ActiveX controls, you can

develop your own windows controls. 

 

6. Web Custom Controls: 

The concept of custom controls can be extended to

web applications allowing code reuse and modularization. 

 

7. Web services:  

They are “web callable” functionality available via industry

standards like HTTP, XML and SOAP. 

 

8. Windows Services:  

 

They refer to applications that run as services in the

background. 

They can be configured to start automatically when the system

boots up. 

 

As you can clearly see, .NET is not just for creating web application but for

almost all kinds of applications that you find under Windows.