.Net and Web Services Overview

1.3 .Net Framework - Development Environment

Development Environment: Visual Studio .Net 2003 and MSDN

  • VS .Net is the integrated development environment (IDE) recommended for development of .Net components. The IDE includes a source code editor, debugger and other tools to develop applications for the Windows environment. 
  • Comes with C#, VB.Net, C++ with Managed Extensions, J#.
  • Add in languages include Perl and Python (both from Active State).
  • The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a complete web reference on developing for the Windows platform. It is available online (http://msdn.microsoft.com) and as a quarterly CD release.
  • There are also command line tools available as part of the .Net Framework Software Development Kit (SDK). These tools include compilers and build tools to allow for a developer to create applications for the .Net Framework.