Initial development with ASP.NET framework
Initially, projects were developed using ASP.NET Framework, which provided various options for user interfaces.
- Windows forms (WinForms): For desktop applications with rich UI controls.
- Windows presentation foundation (WPF): For desktop applications with advanced graphics and multimedia support.
- ASP.NET web forms: For web applications with a component-based UI model and event-driven programming.
Transition to ASP.NET MVC
- As web development evolved, ASP.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) emerged as a popular framework for building web applications using the ASP.NET Framework. ASP.NET MVC introduced a more structured approach to web development, separating concerns into models, views, and controllers.
- ASP.NET MVC allowed developers to create web applications with cleaner code architecture, better testability, and improved control over HTML markup.
Introduction of ASP.NET Core
- With the advent of .NET Core, Microsoft introduced ASP.NET Core, a cross-platform, high-performance framework for building modern web applications and services.
- ASP.NET Core MVC is the web framework included in ASP.NET Core, providing similar functionality to ASP.NET MVC but with enhancements and optimizations for performance, scalability, and cross-platform development.
Integration of AngularJS and Angular
- While ASP.NET Framework and ASP.NET Core MVC provide server-side rendering of UI components, it's common to integrate client-side frameworks like AngularJS (for older projects) or Angular (for newer projects) to build interactive, dynamic user interfaces.
- In the ASP.NET Framework, AngularJS can be integrated with server-side code to create single-page applications (SPAs) and enhance the user experience.
- In ASP.NET Core, Angular is often preferred for its modern features, performance, and ecosystem support. ASP.NET Core provides seamless integration with Angular for building SPAs or using Angular components within server-rendered views
.Net Framework and .Net Core Version
| S.No. |
Release |
Release Date |
| 1 |
.NET Framework 1.0 |
13-Feb-02 |
| 2 |
.NET Framework 1.1 |
24-Apr-03 |
| 3 |
.NET Framework 2.0 |
07-Nov-05 |
| 4 |
.NET Framework 3.0 |
06-Nov-06 |
| 5 |
.NET Framework 3.5 |
19-Nov-07 |
| 6 |
.NET Framework 4.0 |
12-Apr-10 |
| 7 |
.NET Framework 4.5 |
15-Aug-12 |
| 8 |
.NET Framework 4.5.1 |
17-Oct-13 |
| 9 |
.NET Framework 4.5.2 |
05-May-14 |
| 10 |
.NET Framework 4.6 |
20-Jul-15 |
| 11 |
.NET Framework 4.6.1 |
30-Nov-15 |
| 12 |
.NET Core 1.0 |
27-Jun-16 |
| 13 |
.NET Core 1.1 |
16-Nov-16 |
| 14 |
.NET Core 2.0 |
14-Aug-17 |
| 15 |
.NET Core 2.1 |
30-May-18 |
| 16 |
.NET Core 2.2 |
04-Dec-18 |
| 17 |
.NET Core 3.0 |
23-Sep-19 |
| 18 |
.NET Core 3.1 |
03-Dec-19 |
| 19 |
.NET 5 |
10-Nov-20 |
| 20 |
.NET 6 |
08-Nov-21 |
| 21 |
.NET 7 |
08-Nov-22 |
| 22 |
.NET 8 |
14-Nov-23 |
| 23 |
.NET 9 |
2024 |
| 24 |
.NET 10 |
2025 |
Conclusion
The evolution of .NET web development from WinForms to ASP.NET Framework and ASP.NET Core, incorporating UI technologies like Angular, reflects the dynamic landscape of modern application development