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what is "Visual Studio. Net" ? is it the programming language?

Mar 1st, 2002 19:26
Jason Benson, vo thai binh, Knud van Eeden, http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/

Visual Studio .NET is a software package used to develop web 
applications & data-driven solutions for the Microsoft .NET platform.

.NET is an outgrowth of Visual Basic & ASP (Active Server Pages).  When 
used to develop web applications the .NET platform gives the developer 
a much richer object orientated experience, closer to true programming 
styles and removing many of the limitations currently found in ASP 
2.0 / 3.0 programming. 

As listed on the Microsoft Product info page:

"Visual Studio .NET is the only development environment built from the 
ground up for XML Web services. By allowing applications to share data 
over the Internet, XML Web services enable developers to assemble 
applications from new and existing code, regardless of platform, 
programming language, or object model. "

This pretty much sums it up.

At this point the .NET platform is very new and only time will tell if 
it catches on.  It seems to be the focus of Microsofts new server & 
programming development (This is only my opinion however)

jb