The .NET Framework is Microsoft's platform for building applications that can combine visually stunning user experiences and robust functionality with seamless and secure communication. The .NET Framework offers pioneering solutions that enable rapid application development and result in dramatic increases in developer and organizational productivity.
Developers and IT professionals count on the .NET Framework as a powerful and robust software development foundation that provides the security capabilities and management tools needed to create, test, and deploy highly-reliable and secure software applications. By providing a comprehensive and consistent programming model and a common language runtime (CLR), the .NET Framework helps developers build effective and reliable applications in a timely fashion that can be deployed to a variety of devices.
When coupled with Visual Studio.NET and the Team System, the .NET Framework represents the most reliable and robust software development environment available on the market today. Northridge leverages the .NET Framework for both customization of SharePoint including custom web parts as well as to build custom business solutions that do no run within the context of SharePoint.
For more information about Northridge solutions leveraging the .NET Framework, see our .NET Development capabilities section and our Custom Enterprise Applications solution area. For more information on the Microsoft.NET Framework and Microsoft development tools, please see the http://www.microsoft.com/NET website.