Resolved Framework definition

[JuggaloBrotha]

What's a good way to define what the Framework's are?

Basically I'm looking for a good way to give a brief overview of what the .Net Frameworks are and why an average person should have them installed.

 

[JohnH]

From the help glossary:

.NET Framework
An integral Windows component that supports building, deploying, and running the next generation of applications and Web services. It provides a highly productive, standards-based, multilanguage environment for integrating existing investments with next generation applications and services, as well as the agility to solve the challenges of deployment and operation of Internet-scale applications. The .NET Framework consists of three main parts: the common language runtime, a hierarchical set of unified class libraries, and a componentized version of ASP called ASP.NET.

from .NET Framework Conceptual Overview

The .NET Framework is an integral Windows component that supports building and running the next generation of applications and XML Web services. The .NET Framework is designed to fulfill the following objectives:

• To provide a consistent object-oriented programming environment whether object code is stored and executed locally, executed locally but Internet-distributed, or executed remotely.
• To provide a code-execution environment that minimizes software deployment and versioning conflicts.
• To provide a code-execution environment that promotes safe execution of code, including code created by an unknown or semi-trusted third party.
• To provide a code-execution environment that eliminates the performance problems of scripted or interpreted environments.
• To make the developer experience consistent across widely varying types of applications, such as Windows-based applications and Web-based applications.
• To build all communication on industry standards to ensure that code based on the .NET Framework can integrate with any other code.

 

[Link101]

In software development, framework is among the most overloaded and overused terms. When developers write large pieces of code that they consider significant enough to leverage on other projects, they tend to supplement the code with this term.

In computer programming, is an abstraction in which common code providing generic functionality can be selectively