Looking Back and Looking Ahead
The .NET Framework covers a broad set of functionality (this chapter didn't even look at all of it!). Even so, the framework has great room for growth.
The first release of the .NET Framework focuses on putting the right infrastructure in place for building applications on the server and on the client. It removes the drudgery from the software development and maintenance process in several ways:
By reducing the “glue code” that developers have to write in many of today's systems
By making designing for customization and extensibility possible (the framework is not a black box)
By building in from the ground up standards and best practices from the Web
By offering a unified programming model that decouples the developer's ...
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