.NET is a software component of Microsoft Windows operating systems. The pre-coded solutions in .net framework benefits the programmers to solve programming needs in various areas like data access, database connectivity, user interface, web application development, cryptography, algorithms, network communications and many more.

.NET Framework is designed in such a manner that it can be platform agnostic and thus be cross platform compatible framework. That’s why the program used for the framework should run without any manipulation and change, on any type of computer system for which the framework is implemented.

User friendly .NET framework allows the user to design and access various applications with

• Security of source data
• Interoperability
• Platform Independence
• Language Independence 
• Good Architecture and User Interface
• .NET Metadata
• Class Libraries

Language neutral .NET Framework supports C++, C#, Visual Basic, JScript and COBOL. Other supported languages are Eiffel, Perl, Python.

The common class libraries of .NET framework- like ADO.NET, ASP.NET and Windows Forms provide advanced services that can be integrated into a variety of computer systems.