The .NET Framework comprises numerous pieces of shared code, which developers use for their applications. Developers use applications for common tasks, but often, they have to start afresh if they do not have the shared code. With the framework in place, they can focus on the code exclusive to their applications and work with the UI that binds it all together. The framework of shared code also establishes a set of standards, hence, they can use the same functionalities in different applications and other developers can easily gauge the way a program is running.