What is the difference between the. NET Framework and the. NET Framework SDK?

Many beginners have also studied for a long time. NET, but what is the difference between the. NET Framework and the. NET Framework SDK may not be clear, I also borrow someone else's words to clarify, I hope to provide help to the novice.

The. NET Framework is an operating platform for the. NET software developed by Microsoft that runs on the old version. You can run. NET programs from Windows 98 through Windows XP as long as the. NET Framework is installed. It is a new software running platform that provides. NET program runtime support and a powerful class library. It can be downloaded from Microsoft website for free, probably more than 20 MB.

If only the. NET Framework is installed, it can only be run. NET application, and cannot be developed. NET application.

The. NET Framework SDK includes the. NET language compilers provided by Microsoft, such as the C # compiler CSC.exe and the vb.net compiler VBC.exe, and the complete. NET Framework documentation, and various tools (such as AL.exe and SN.exe, etc.), about 110 MB.

With these two items, you can write the code in Notepad and manually compile the. NET program in the DOS window.