Microsoft officially released the .NET Framework in January 2002. Since then, the .NET Framework has gone through a few iterations, and at the time of writing it stands at version 3.5. While technically you can write .NET applications using a text editor and a compiler, it is always easier to write .NET applications using Visual Studio, the integrated development environment from Microsoft. With Visual Studio, you can use its built - in debugger and support for IntelliSense to effectively and efficiently build .NET applications. The latest version of Visual Studio is Visual Studio 2008.
The following table shows the various versions of the .NET Framework, their release dates, and theversions of Visual Studio that contain them.
Version Number -Release Date-Versions of Visual Studio
1.0 1.0.3705.0 2002 - 01 - 05 Visual Studio .NET 2002
1.1 1.1.4322.573 2003 - 04 - 01 Visual Studio .NET 2003
2.0 2.0.50727.42 2005 - 11 - 07 Visual Studio 2005
3.0 3.0.4506.30 2006 - 11 - 06 Shipped with Windows Vista
3.5 3.5.21022.8 2007 - 11 - 19 Visual Studio 2008
Starting with Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft dropped the .Net name from the Visual Studio.
The following table shows the various versions of the .NET Framework, their release dates, and theversions of Visual Studio that contain them.
Version Number -Release Date-Versions of Visual Studio
1.0 1.0.3705.0 2002 - 01 - 05 Visual Studio .NET 2002
1.1 1.1.4322.573 2003 - 04 - 01 Visual Studio .NET 2003
2.0 2.0.50727.42 2005 - 11 - 07 Visual Studio 2005
3.0 3.0.4506.30 2006 - 11 - 06 Shipped with Windows Vista
3.5 3.5.21022.8 2007 - 11 - 19 Visual Studio 2008
Starting with Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft dropped the .Net name from the Visual Studio.