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What is .NET?

Microsoft's .Net is an open source, freeware application infrastructure.

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Dot Net

8 out of 10
May 29, 2021
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.Net (Dot Net) is a platform which provides a wide range of methods and interfaces upon which to build quality software. It consists of …
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Awesome .NET

9 out of 10
April 29, 2021
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The .NET ecosystem is used to fulfill the requirements of modern applications. With [the] release of .NET core, [...] many more innovative …
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Microsoft's .Net is an open source, freeware application infrastructure.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.7.

The most common users of .NET are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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August 10, 2021

.NET does boring business applications and native-ish Windows user interfaces slightly better than the next guy

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We currently use .NET for our microservices and cloud initiatives across the enterprise, but we have a multi-decade history with .NET, using it since the first beta in year 2000, and it was the platform for all our custom in-house software development of web-based and native Windows line of business applications. We selected .NET as our preferred platform for application development and designed and deployed an n-tier architecture for delivering web-based secure internet-accessible business applications based on .NET, ASP.NET, COM+, and SQL Server.
Pros and Cons
  • Provides a modern memory managed multi-language platform and framework for software development
  • Supports modern web and mobile application development
  • Provides performance approaching that of a compiled ahead of time language
  • The .NET framework class hierarchy is incredibly large and complex
  • Performance is slow on first use due to just in time compilation
  • Memory use is high and non-deterministic due to garbage collection
Likelihood to Recommend
.NET is well suited for use in environments Windows is the primary platform for the development of a line of business applications. It is not well suited for data analytics or exploratory or experimental prototyping, as it gets in the way of getting ideas into code quickly due to static typing, complex class hierarchy, and admittedly extensive but barely useful documentation (that appears to be autogenerated rather than written with care).
April 29, 2021

Fast and powerful application development

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Most of the applications we have build are web apps using Ruby on Rails, however when the need arises for a desktop application or utility, .NET is our go-to. When we need to automate data transfer to and from laboratory instruments and computer systems, we use .NET to build these out, either as a one-button utility or a GUI application using WPF.
Pros and Cons
  • Speed of development - Visual Studio takes care of all the boilerplate
  • Cross-platform compilation - develop for any platform
  • Easy GUI design for even the least frontend-inclined developers
  • Code can be slower and heavier than writing it natively
  • Version and dependency upgrades can cause hard-to-find bugs
  • Memory leakage from managed code is possible
Likelihood to Recommend
If you need to build anything from a quick-and-dirty GUI utility to a full-fledged desktop application, .NET is the way to go. It doesn't require extensive knowledge of the languages as Visual Studio is extremely helpful in its autocomplete, refactoring, and prompts, and lets you build out your solution easily without worrying about the details of [the] setup and boilerplate.
April 29, 2021

Awesome .NET

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Information Technology & Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The .NET ecosystem is used to fulfill the requirements of modern applications. With [the] release of .NET core, [...] many more innovative features [were added] to increase developer productivity, scalability, and performance with cross-platform support. [The] developer [has] got the flexibility for deploying .NET applications to the cloud and on-premise. It helps to address customers' digital need[s] related to sales, marketing, healthcare, [and] research.
Pros and Cons
  • Powerful IDE( Visual Studio)
  • Developer Friendly
  • C# Language
  • Performance
  • Stability of New Releases
  • Licensing Cost
Likelihood to Recommend
.NET is well suited when there requirement of rapid development with less experienced developers. There is [a] minimal learning curve for new developers and can easily ramp up. It is more [developer-friendly] with complete documentation.
February 01, 2019

.NET chef

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Brendan McKenna
Senior Developer
American Board of Internal Medicine (Non-Profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
For our software development department .NET is the primary development environment. We have six scrum teams and twenty or so developers who utilize .NET. C# is our language of choice for the .NET portions of our code stack. We utilize Angular on the front end which integrates into all of our .NET WebAPI endpoints. C# has always been a great language to use over the years as well as the .NET framework. .NET is an incredible tool which allows for a much easier development environment for people writing code. Very awesome to have a garbage collector which deallocates memory for the developer and one does not need to handle such tasks anymore. Obviously there is a small performance trade off for having such capabilities but for most use cases this is satisfactory. I love LINQ and the lambda syntax. Allows for much cleaner code and fewer trivial methods that can be handled with anonymous delegates now. Entity framework makes life easier when dealing with databases which is a requirement for almost any business application. WPF was fun to develop with and was a good basis for transitioning to Angular both conceptually and syntactically. Nice to have an entire layer which mostly prevents the blue screen of death!
Pros and Cons
  • Provides an extremely robust layer on top of the OS.
  • Allows for multiple languages to compile into equivalent intermediary language.
  • Incredible suite of methods and built in functionality for getting an application up and running.
  • Sometimes can be difficult traversing exceptions to find root causes.
  • Null references can sometimes feel annoying and unnecessary, although the latest .NET has improvements here.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for most application development. Most business cases do not need the extreme optimization of an unmanaged development and therefore .NET is more than suitable.
May 31, 2018

.NET Review

Verified User
Employee in Information Technology
Semiconductors Company, 5001-10,000 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have used .NET platform for developing both web and windows based applications that are internal and external facing. There are several use cases like
1. Inventory Management
2. Quality Control
3. Safety and Security
4. Packaging optimization
5. Logistics and Supply Chain Optimization

We have used in all the areas for Global Operations, Spares etc. organizations for all day to day production floor support and shipment releases. We also used it for Product Life Cycle Management interface to perform Problem Report and Engineering Change Management business processes.

To achieve these .NET and HTML together were used to generate dynamic web pages smoothly.
Being an ideal server-side scripting technology, Asp.NET code first runs on Windows server before displaying on the web browser.
With the built-in configuration information, Asp.NET is easy to deploy.
The .NET Framework quickly gives an alert for memory leaks, unbounded loops, and other wrong behaviors, immediately killing them and restart them over again.
Pros and Cons
  • Asp.NET features like early binding, JIT compilation, caching services and native optimization supports gives your application the high level of performance.
  • All the Asp.NET applications are highly monitored and managed to help application available to handle requests.
  • The best part of .NET Framework is it has its own built-in caching features.
  • The content and the program logic are separated in the .NET Framework, thus reducing the program inconveniences.
  • Offers great security with the built-in Windows authentication and per-application configuration.
  • Limited object-relational (OR) support as it comes only with Entity Framework
  • Does not come with multi platform support from Microsoft, and is not available right after installing Visual Studio
  • The managed code can be slower than native code
  • Involves a vendor lock-in, and future development is solely dependent on Microsoft
  • Migrating applications to .NET can be expensive as involves whole lot of custom development
Likelihood to Recommend
I highly recommend .Net as a platform for custom development. We can leverage several UI elements and also integrate with third party controls like Telerik, Infragistics etc. Provides platforms, tools, and a programming environment for addressing the design and overall management of distributed and multi-tiered applications. It offers immeasurable benefits for various issues like memory management, security, and exceptional handling, a developer may face.

.NET is not suited in case of multi-platform requirement. There isn't support available from MS and isn't available straight after installing Visual Studio. If that is a criteria for your business case then consider a different platform.
Also .NET is very easy to reverse engineer. If you do not obfuscate your code, you may as well publish the source code.
The footprint of your application can be huge if it requires a version of .NET, which is not already on the computer and therefore has to be installed first.
May 21, 2018

.NET - The SKY is the LIMIT

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
.NET is used in a wide range of projects across the LOB, especially in banking and finance and insurance industries. All desktops, client-servers, mobile and digitalization are mainly focused in Microsoft technologies.I am using it for different tech stacks, especially with C# language. TDD is a nice approach, especially the framework.
Pros and Cons
  • It allows the use of multiple languages. It has horizontal scalability.
  • .NET creates a unified environment that allows developers to create programs in C++, Java or Virtual Basic. All tools and IDEs have been pre-tested and are easily available in the Microsoft Developer Network.
  • UI best practices are more consistent.
  • Language integration is seamless, as you can call methods from C# to VB .NET.
  • You need to buy everything from Microsoft. The biggest con is that it is not free like Java. Migrating applications to .NET can be expensive.
  • Does not come with multi-platform support from Microsoft, and is not available right after installing Visual Studio.
  • Very much Windows OS dependent.
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft Asp .Net Framework is a widely used development framework for building enterprise level web applications, that today’s developers love to use. The .Net technology offers immeasurable benefits for various issues like memory management, security, and exceptional handling, a developer may face. It is ideal for web, console, front end, and back end.
April 21, 2017

.NET is the most flexible framework

Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology
Computer & Network Security Company, 201-500 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
.NET is a runtime language just like java. Combined with C# and Visualstudio, .NET presents the most flexible and competitive runtime on the market.
Pros and Cons
  • Memory Handling
  • Garbage Collection
  • Service Orientation
  • Extensive Framework
  • Image manipulation slow compared to C++.
  • Does not run on Mac/Linux - the newest .NET core does but presents only a subset of the framework.
  • May require the installation of the framework to run.
Likelihood to Recommend
Well suited for enterprise applications on Windows. Not suited for embedded computing.
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