Oracle to Microsoft - maybe!

In hope of a new work contract, I am doing some prep-work on the new technologies that are required.

These mainly seem to be Microsoft products.

My background is Oracle and Java.

Lets go through the technologies one by one:

1. .NET Framework

I have installed .NET 4.5 on my local machine.

What is .NET framework?

I suspect it a set of common modules and libraries that are used by competing Microsoft technologies.

Lets find out the official definition;

The .NET Framework is a development platform for building apps for Windows, Windows Phone, Windows Server, and Windows Azure. It consists of the common language runtime (CLR) and the .NET Framework class library, which includes classes, interfaces, and value types that support an extensive range of technologies. The .NET Framework provides a managed execution environment, simplified development and deployment, and integration with a variety of programming languages, including Visual Basic and Visual C#.

It seems .NET framework is similar to the Java Virtual Machine. The JVM provides a similar use. It seems they are both used for development and execution, providing the same many advantages of portability, managed environment and ease of use.

As my use is for development as well as execution, I have installed .NET Server edition.

I imagine, as with the JVM, I do not need to go any further than an installation and update of this technology.

Features such as a multi-threading seem to be included as parallel programming.

Ok I am satisfied with this for now - I will go back to it later, but lets move on to the next.