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I thought C# was one of a number of languages built on the "Microsoft .NET Framework" managed code programming model.
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The .NET framework is a large collection of libraries and a runtime environment, not a programming model. C# is the flagship language for which to develop managed applications using the .NET framework.
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technically, isn't ANYTHING that's not system programming considered to be applications programming?
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Technically, yes. However, it's common for people to use that phrase to mean "desktop applications programming".
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The reason I ask is that web- and non-web-programming seem to be such different environments, and I need this information to help me decide in what field to try to break back into programming.
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For what it's worth, there are far more jobs available for developing web apps than for desktop apps -- especially if you're interested in .NET, as your other posts suggest. In that case, focus on the C# language, ASP.NET, and SQL. Just take a look at C# jobs on Dice or Monster for your area to get a feel for the specific technologies to focus on.