What’s New in .NET Framework 4.0
If you had development experiences with .NET Framework 3.5, you know that it has an incremental architecture. This means that .NET 3.5 (including technologies typical of this version such as LINQ) relies on .NET Framework 2.0 for most of the core .NET features and technologies such as Windows Forms, whereas it requires .NET Framework 3.0 for frameworks such as Windows Presentation Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation, Windows Workflow Foundation, and CardSpace. This means that .NET Framework 3.5 requires previous versions to be installed as a prerequisite. The .NET Framework 4.0 is instead a complete standalone technology that does not require other previous versions to be installed. Assuming you have ...
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