NET Framework 4 included support for Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft Office 2007 and included programming languages Visual Basic.NET and C#, and development tools such as Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008..NET is free of charge and is compatible with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8.
History
.NET Framework 1.0
The.NET Framework 1.0 was released on September 14, 2002. The.NET Framework 1.0 was distributed as a free download from Microsoft. The first.NET framework version released for Microsoft Windows was.NET 1.0 on September 14, 2002.
.NET 2.0
.NET 2.0 was released on August 19, 2003. This was the first version of the.NET framework to support Microsoft Windows XP (released on November 25, 2001)..NET 2.0 introduced the Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) which provided support for executing dynamic code (interpreted code) in managed applications.
.NET 3.0
.NET 3.0 was released on October 25, 2005. The version 3.0 of the.NET Framework included full support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003. This was the first version of the.NET Framework to include support for COM+, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF).
.NET 3.5
.NET 3.5 was released on July 7, 2008. The version 3.5 of the.NET Framework included full support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. This version of the.NET Framework included support for WPF, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Microsoft Office 2008, the.NET Framework version 1.1, and the Common Language Runtime (CLR), which allowed.NET to interoperate with the Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1.
.NET 4.0
.NET 4.0 was released on July 24, 2010. The version 4.0 of the.NET Framework included full support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008. This version of the.NET Framework included support for WPF, Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Communication
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