FINALS - WEBSYS

.NET

A free and open-source developer platform for building websites and applications, used by high-scale apps like Microsoft Teams and UPS mobile app. It includes tools, libraries, and runtimes for development.

.NET SDK

A binary distribution of .NET that provides tools, libraries, and runtimes for app development, building, and testing.

.NET Runtimes

A binary distribution of .NET that includes the Common Language Runtime (CLR), which manages memory allocation, type safety, and execution of .NET apps.

Common Language Runtime (CLR)

The foundation of .NET apps, responsible for memory management, type safety, and code execution. It enables "managed code" execution.

C#

A general-purpose, object- and component-oriented programming language supported by .NET.

F#

A data-oriented programming language for writing compact, strong, and performant code, focusing on transforming data with functions.

Visual Basic

An event-driven programming language with a graphical user interface (GUI) for easy desktop and web application development.

.NET Framework

The original .NET implementation for building and running Windows applications, including desktop and web apps.

Mono

A .NET implementation that provides SDK features for developing .NET applications across various platforms.

.NET Core

A cross-platform, open-source .NET implementation for cloud-based applications, compatible with Linux, macOS, and Windows.

ASP.NET

A framework for building dynamic webpages that run on Windows, Linux, macOS, and Docker. It extends .NET with tools for web development.

Blazor

An ASP.NET feature for creating interactive web UIs without JavaScript, using C# and Razor syntax.

Razor Pages

A templating syntax in ASP.NET for developing webpages by embedding server-side C# logic within HTML.

Web Forms

An ASP.NET framework for building dynamic websites using a drag-and-drop, event-driven model with rich UI controls.

ASP.NET MVC

A framework following the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern, separating user interfaces from business logic for test-driven development.

ASP.NET Web Pages

A lightweight framework for combining server code with HTML to create dynamic web content quickly.

Web APIs

A framework in ASP.NET for building HTTP services accessible via browsers and mobile devices.

SignalR

An ASP.NET library for enabling real-time, bidirectional communication between servers and clients.

Single-page applications (SPA)

Applications built with ASP.NET that load a single HTML page and dynamically update it as users interact.

ASP.NET Core

A cross-platform, high-performance, open-source framework for building modern web apps, services, and mobile backends.

Content Root

The default directory in ASP.NET Core projects containing executables, assemblies, and content files like configuration and Razor files.

Program.cs

The file in ASP.NET Core apps where startup code and service configurations are defined.

Host

An encapsulation of an ASP.NET Core app's resources, including logging, configuration, middleware, and dependency injection services.

Middleware

Software components in ASP.NET Core arranged in a pipeline to handle HTTP requests and responses.

Dependency Injection (DI)

A design pattern in ASP.NET Core for making configured services available throughout the application.

Developer Exception Page

A feature in ASP.NET Core that provides detailed error information during development.

Custom Error Page

A configured error handling page for production environments in ASP.NET Core.

Status Code Page

A feature in ASP.NET Core for handling HTTP error status codes like 404.