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Net Framework History

.NET Version Introduced with IDE Features Detail
4.5.1 Visual Studio 2013

1. Includes performance
and debugging
improvements

2. Support for automatic

binding redirection

3. Expanded support for

Windows Store apps

4.5 Visual Studio 2012
1. 1. Features Enhancements
to CLR 4.0
2. 2. Async Support
3. 3. Support for building
Windows Store apps
4. 4. Features Enhancement
to WPF, WCF, WF, and
ASP.NET

4.0 Visual Studio 2010
1. 1. Introduced CLR 4.0
2. 2. Managed Extensibility
Framework (MEF)
3. 3. Dynamic Language
Runtime (DLR)
4. 4. Task Parallel Library
5.
3.5 Visual Studio 2008
1. 1. Built-In AJAX Support
2. 2. LINQ
3. 3. Dynamic Data
4. 4. Multi-targeting
Framework Support
5.
3.0 Visual Studio 2005
1. 1. Windows Presentation
Foundation (WPF)
2. 2. Windows
Communications
Foundation (WCF)
3. 3. Windows Workflow
Foundation (WF), and
CardSpace
1.
2.0 Visual Studio 2005
1. 1. Introduced CLR 2.0
2. 2. Generics and generic
collections
3. 3. Partial classes
4. 4. Nullable types
5. 5. Anonymous methods
6. 6. Introduced many new
controls and features to
ASP.NET
4.
1.1 Visual Studio .NET 2003
1. 1. Features Enhancement
to ASP.NET and ADO.NET
2. 2. Built-in support for
mobile ASP.NET controls
3. 3. Security Enhancement
4. 4. Built-in support for
ODBC and databases
5. 5. Internet Protocol
version 6 (IPv6) support
7.
1.0 Visual Studio .NET
1. 1. Introduced CLR 1.0
2. 2. Support for Object-
oriented Web application
development
3. 3. Use of DLL class
libraries
6.