.NET is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform for building many different types of applications. With .NET, you can use multiple languages, editors, and libraries to build for web, mobile, desktop, games, and IoT. You can write .NET apps in C#, F#, or Visual Basic. C# is a simple, modern, object-oriented, and type-safe programming language. F# is a cross-platform, open-source, functional programming language for .NET. It also includes object-oriented and imperative programming. Visual Basic is an approachable language with a simple syntax for building type-safe, object-oriented apps. Whether you're working in C#, F#, or Visual Basic, your code will run natively on any compatible OS. Different .NET implementations handle the heavy lifting for you.
Features
- Cross-platform .NET implementation for websites, servers, and console apps
- .NET Framework supports websites, services, desktop apps, and more on Windows
- .NET Standard is a base set of APIs that are common to all .NET implementations
- Microsoft and others maintain a healthy package ecosystem built on .NET Standard
- You can build many types of apps with .NET
- You can write .NET apps in C#, F#, or Visual Basic
Project Samples
