.Net Framework 3.0 New Features
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The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 (formerly WinFX), is the new managed code programming model for Windows. It combines the power of the .NET Framework 2.0 with four new technologies: Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), Windows Workflow Foundation (WF), and Windows CardSpace (WCS, formerly "InfoCard"). WinFX is the new programming interface introduced in Windows “Vista”. It is the new set of managed code API that Microsoft releases with Vista. It is a unified, managed-code programming model that extends the .NET Framework 2.0 and enables you to build secure, next-generation, Windows-based applications.
WPF (formally known as “Avalon”) is a new user interface subsystem and API based on XML, .NET and vector graphics. WCF (formally known as “Indigo”) is service-oriented messaging system, which allows programs to interoperate locally or remotely similar to web services. It is the Messaging framework of WinFX. WWF allows task automation and integrated transactions using workflows. What Windows CardSpace ProvidesFour aspects of this technology stand out as most important:
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