Microsoft .NET Framework Reviews

The .NET Framework is the foundation for software design and development. This is the context that I use it in, and the perspective that I view the discussion about it.

Coming out of C++, the .NET Framework simplified operations dealing with the allocation and deallocation of memory spaces and the additional processing resources. Adding this feature to the .NET Framework has freed countless hours of leak management. 

The addition of generics to handle common functionality across types, and the more recent upgrade of the dataset to the Entity Framework, has cut development time drastically, while increasing quality and confidence between builds. Finally, the test framework allows for increased velocity. 

Most recently, the updates tot he Entity Framework, and the addition of the ability to work with mobile applications have also been huge additions

• Stronger security with respect to cloud issues
• Greater flexibility with data connections
• Better control
• Extensibility of the framework as a whole

Changes in technology generally happen faster than any single entity can keep up with. But the side-by-side Runyon capability handles most stability issues behind the scenes. 

Only the ones that were fixed. 

I have not had to use the support.

No.

It is straightforward. All the components are readily available.

Started as part of a school program.

I can't measure ROI, because I've never used a different technology stack.  Switching from one to another has not been an issue. 

Do your homework. Consider the partnership program.

No.

With the advent of IoT, combined with cross-platform development, the .Net framework becomes much more versatile. We should begin to see apps scaling down in size, but also (literally) covering more ground. 

We have multiple in-house leasing and financing products (Contract Management System, Point of Sale, Credit Acceptance Management, Field Force Agent, Document Tracking) developed on .NET framework 4.5.2 with WPF, Silverlight, WCF and WWF technologies. We use smart client applications for client-side and Business Process Manager (i.e. based on WWF) for orchestration of business processes. We also have proprietary Task Assignment Workflow which is highly configurable based on business rules. Our clients can create custom business rules with the help of the data dictionary shared with them.

The product is evolving, based on the day-to-day needs of our customers and we are making sure to include maximum functionality to support their businesses. The main focus is on "more configuration and less coding," by using industry standard tools.

• Business Process Manager (BPM)
• Business Rules Engine (BRM)
• Document Management System (DMS)
• Automatic Release Deployment via PowerShell and Octopus
• Integration Hub serving as Enterprise Service Bus
• Metadata (i.e. compose database tables/columns, XML nodes; file data into placeholders so they can be placed in BPM, BRM, DMS)

I think we need improvement in our BPM module so that can become more user-friendly for our customers. There is plenty of room in WWF for improvement to make the UI/UX better for the end user, so they are comfortable with the orchestration.

We have issues with websites that are based on Angular, but the rest of the applications or websites are stable so far.

The only issue I have encountered is based on Queue Management. Regardless of whether it is Microsoft or IBM Message Queue, I have had issues while scaling them. The only option I have found is the introduction of multi-threading, but threads consume more processing power.

We were previously using PowerBuilder and then switched because of industry demands for transformation into new technology.

I would rate it at eight out of 10, as we can perform plenty of improvements in all our current products and can improve the UI/UX to meet the needs of the client.

As hardware evolved as mainframe, mid-range, mini, micro, personal computers (PC), while miniaturizing the silicon chips and other computer parts, computer software evolved as operating systems, systems software, computer applications, files (to persistent data), databases, etc. After mainframe applications, there was an age of client server software with PowerBuilder-Sybase-Oracle-Visual Basic.

Later came the web applications, where a client computer communicates a request to a server computer and the server computer sends a response to the client computer, in the form of static HTML. The browser, like Netscape or Internet Explorer, captures this response and serves it as web page on the client computer. Though the web request-response is here, still the "forms-with-fields-and-buttons" or "PDF-or-word-report"....

With the advent of client-server and web technology, applications went from monolithic spaghetti-code software to 3-layer and later, n-tier applications. Computer application code became structured and modular, functional, distributed (COM, D-COM and remoting), object-oriented to these days service-oriented web service-based applications.

All these days, Microsoft was walking hand-in-hand with other technology vendors, leading in some innovation and following in some. Microsoft was a large part of this entire IT revolution. Microsoft technology coding practices evolved from MS-DOS, Q-BASIC, MS Windows, client-server oriented Visual Basic, Visual C++ and application-friendlier COM components, and ActiveX. With the web era, Microsoft introduced server-side script (VB Script) and client-side (browser) (JavaScript)-based ASP (Active Server Pages). Until this point, the concept of .NET and the .NET framework was not in the picture. HTML pages were static and an attempt was made to introduce dynamic content (for server-side and client-side validations, custom processing, database handling, third-party component handling) with ASP (Active Server Pages)-based systems.

Microsoft thought of a better way with the introduction of .NET-based languages and the .NET framework. Here, Microsoft tried to generalize between the commonality between their various software products like coding languages (VB, .NET, C#, etc.),MS Windows, Microsoft Office, MS SQL Server databases and other products. These common components were introduced as the .NET Framework. The framework had a common language run-time, memory management (Garbage Collector), error handling (EXCEPTIONS), database handling block using ADO.NET and so on....

With Microsoft .NET, the dynamic web content handling became easier and the Microsoft world of web became more programmable with use of reusable and redistributable web components and systems (building blocks). The .NET framework was the core part of all Microsoft products. Data became more accessible. Forms and user interfaces became more friendlier. There is Microsoft Practices and Patterns guidance to the computer world, in designing, development, implementing, unit testing, archiving, etc.; the entire Software Development Life Cycle of the IT universe.

With Microsoft technology ,IT was as simple as the game of building blocks.

Due diligence is always given in IT technology by all IT vendors and their technicians. It is a complete rotating earth in its universe. What improvements you can suggest for the Great Wall of China or the TajMahal? The IT universe is agile.

Computer systems became a network of computers (intranet-internet) and now are social request-response driven. Web systems were request-response and now web services, WCF, Web API and SOA are making it more data driven, like fifth-generation computer systems. Soon, these computer systems will adapt to artificial intelligence technology and natural language interface; machine learning, big data will be common place. The future could be more nature driven.

I have been using the Microsoft .NET Framework to develop and implement application software for around 15 years.

I have not encountered any deployment issues.

I have not encountered any stability issues.

I have not encountered any scalability issues.

Customer service is excellent.

Technical support is excellent.

The ROI is excellent.

Microsoft technology is becoming freeware and cross-platform, embracing all changes and suggestions from the rest of the IT world.

I use the product to build websites and web pages. The product is also useful to connect to Sitecore.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the packages offered by the product.

There are constant improvements in the product.

I would want the product to be integrated with the different AI tools in the future since it is one of the areas where the product has certain shortcomings.

I have been using Microsoft .NET Framework for a year. I am a user of the tool.

It is a stable solution.

More than 100 people in my company use the product.

The product's initial setup phase wasn't difficult at all.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.

The product is not expensive.

Only if I know the purpose for which someone requires the product will I be able to recommend it to them.

I can say that users can trust and use Microsoft .NET Framework.

Microsoft .NET Framework's CLR has benefited my company's projects.

I am happy with the product's user interface, scalability, integration features, and support.

It is easy for someone to learn about how to use the product.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

We use Microsoft .NET Framework for developing plug-ins for different software.

The product has a good interface and easy-to-use programming language. It fits our technical requirements.

The runtime environment for ASP.NET needs improvement to make it more universal.

We have been using Microsoft .NET Framework for three years.

We have 50 Microsoft .NET Framework users in our organization. It is a scalable platform.

The initial setup is easy. It takes several hours to complete and requires a team of four executives to work on the process. Its maintenance has medium complexity. We need to ensure the system's compatibility before doing any further updates.

The product has good technical support services compared to the Java Spring Boot's ecosystem. It provides centralized support, which is helpful for developers.

The tools you use are more important than the framework language. Microsoft .NET Framework is a good choice to develop software from scratch. However, having a licensing ecosystem in your organization would be best.

I rate the product an eight out of ten. It is a solid framework and runtime system supporting different languages.