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What is.NET in programming?
Originally developed by Microsoft as part of its Next Generation Windows Services (NGWS) strategy,.NET is a collection of technology that enables programmers to create Windows and web applications. It’s available in several different forms and has a vast community of developers.
What is.NET in open source?
.NET is a development platform that can be used to create web, mobile, desktop, and IoT applications. It also supports multiple programming languages and libraries. It also helps you build cross-platform applications that run on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
What is.NET in GitHub?
Besides the runtime, library, and compiler components that comprise.NET Core, all the other components of the .NET Developers Brisbane ecosystem are free and open source on GitHub. In fact, many of them are actively taking contributions from the community.
What is.NET Standard?
Unlike most platforms,.NET Framework is statically typed and compiles your source code to a Common Intermediate Language (CIL), independently of the programming language you use. The CIL is then compiled to machine code by an architecture-specific just-in-time compiler (JIT) that executes your code when it’s time to run your application.
Aside from CIL,.NET Framework is also based on a Common Type System, which ensures that all data types and programming constructs are compatible. It also enforces type safety to prevent ill-defined casts, wrong method invocations, and memory size issues that can occur when accessing an object. The CLR also provides type inference, which allows a language to determine the type of a byte code by examining its signatures.