Development / .NET Components and .NET Controls / Oracle / SUN (Oracle Tools & Oracle Components)

What is a .NET component? .NET components are pre-built pieces of software that you can re-use within the Microsoft .NET Framework (pronounced dot net framework) to help you create your application faster and hopefully with fewer bugs. By re-using .NET software components you not only save time and money, but you also get the opportunity to use other people's expertise and knowledge that will give your app extra functionality and features - fast. In this filtered view of our product catalog you will only find .NET compatible products, these products include both .NET Components and .NET Controls as .NET downloads for you to try and buy.

What is a .NET Control? A .NET Control has a visual aspect and can be used on a form or Web page to control the behavior of the user interface, so the user of the app can use a .NET UI Control to: enter data, click on a button, select from items displayed on a drop down list, draw a chart or graph based on data that they have entered into a .NET datagrid control etc.

What is the difference between a .NET Component and a .NET Control?

A .NET Component does not always have to have a visual interface, for example a .NET Component could work behind the scenes on a server and be used to calculate the tax due on an invoice for goods sold to a customer or to create a PDF version of that invoice and then email it to the customer's email address. .NET Controls are User Interface (UI) controls and they are a subset of .NET Components and as such all .NET Controls are therefore .NET Components, however, the reverse is not true, a .NET Component is not also a .NET Control, as a .NET Component does not have to have a visual or visible interface and it does not have to appear on a Windows form, Web Form or Web page as part of the UI.

In this .NET Components marketplace you will find both .NET Controls and .NET Components - available as commercial grade, quality .NET software component products. You will find ASP.NET controls that you can use as an ASP.NET developer for your latest Web site or Intranet project, VB controls for your Visual Basic app and there are numerous VB .NET control products listed here as VB.NET Controls. If you are a C# developer looking for a C# component or C# controls you will also find a wide selection of C# .NET controls, C# .NET component products and .NET custom control products that will meet your needs.

The range of .NET Component and .NET Control products includes: .NET WinForm Controls, ASP.NET Controls, ASP.NET AJAX Controls, .NET Class Components or .NET Class Libraries, .NET Web Services, .NET Compact Framework (.NET CF) products for mobile & hand-held device apps, .NET LINQ Classes for data access, WPF Controls or Windows Presentation Foundation Controls and Silverlight Controls for the latest .NET Framework 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0 environments. Finally you will also find a special form of ASP.NET server control that can be used inside SharePoint, these are called Web Part Controls.

Our .NET component product range will give you a choice of controls for .NET, whether you are using them as a control in C# or as VB NET controls for your next VB project or in any other .NET development language or .NET based IDE that supports the use of .NET software components. There are well over 1,000 commercial grade, high quality .NET component based products available in this .NET component product gallery that you can search for, compare, download, review, try and buy!

In this Oracle software product gallery you will find products that are compatible with: Oracle software platforms and frameworks, Oracle databases, Oracle application servers and Oracle Integrated Development Environments (IDEs). Oracle Corporation (ORCL) acquired SUN Microsystems, completing the deal on Jan 27, 2010, plus Oracle had previously acquired BEA Systems completing that deal on Apr 29, 2008. So in this Oracle marketplace, you will also find products that are compatible with SUN Microsystems (JAVA) software products and databases, as well as products that work with BEA Systems (BEAS) software products and BEA application servers.

So you will find: Oracle tools, Oracle utilities, Oracle addins and Oracle db admin tools to help with day to day Oracle database management tasks and common Oracle DBA activities. For Oracle developers you will also find Oracle components, Oracle extensions, Oracle plugins and Oracle developments tools to help make your more productive when writing your next Oracle software project. There are also Oracle components that are available as products to use in your next Oracle app, these Oracle libraries are usually made available as an Oracle Java Class or as an Oracle JavaBean.

The Oracle dev tools can be: searched for on our Web site, evaluated using the Oracle downloads that we have for each product, compared with other Oracle utility or Oracle dev tool products, before you make any purchasing decision. You can also read what your fellow Oracle developers thought about the Oracle tool they downloaded by reading our Oracle reviews. You can also buy, download and license these Oracle tools and Oracle components directly from our Web site.

Finally, we have several Oracle News feeds for each type of Oracle product from the Oracle product range, these News feeds are published as Oracle News pages and also available as Oracle RSS data feeds, so that you can keep up to date with new third party products releases that are compatible with the Oracle software product range.