Chapter 1. Introducing .NET 2015

As a Visual Basic 2015 developer, you need to understand the concepts and technology that empower your applications. Microsoft .NET is the technology that provides the infrastructure for building next-generation applications for the desktop, the web, and the cloud—that run on the most recent operating systems. Although covering every aspect of .NET is not possible, in this chapter you learn the basics of its architecture, as well as the Base Class Library and tools. This chapter also introduces important concepts and terminology that are used throughout the rest of the book. If you have already had experience with .NET, in this chapter you will learn about the revolutionary changes in how Microsoft is offering .NET today.