Briefly, Microsoft .NET supports the following features:

  • As described by Microsoft, .NET is a robust platform for developing the next generation of applications.
  • It is built using industry standards, such as XML and SOAP.
  • The .NET platform supports many languages, including:
    • Visual Basic .NET
    • Visual C# .NET
  • The .NET API, including data type support, is the same for all languages.
  • .NET provides a single development environment, Visual Studio®, to work with all its supported languages.
  • .NET supports all of the SOAP formats that are supported by OpenEdge Web services.