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C#

A simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language

ranked among most popular and most loved languages
build for mobile, web, cloud, desktop, gaming, and IoT
simple async patterns
language integrated queries
automatic memory management
familiar syntax for Java & C-style devs

.NET supports multiple programming languages

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Any developer, any app, any platform

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Desktop

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Web and Server

Mobile

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Gaming

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IoT

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.NET tools for any platform

Visual Studio

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Fully-featured integrated development environment (IDE) on Windows for building every type of .NET application.

Visual Studio Code

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Develop on Linux, macOS, or Windows to build cross platform websites and services. Install the C# extension to get the best experience.

Visual Studio for Mac

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Build native Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows apps with Xamarin, plus websites and services with ASP.NET Core.

Plus command lines tools, plugins for popular editors, and third party tools

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Vibrant community

Join a huge community of 6 million developers. Leverage the large ecosystem of components and Open Source software and enjoy online and offline communities to get help. And because .NET is all Open Source, you can join the 25,000 developers and 1,700 companies already contributing to the .NET platform. To learn more about .NET and open source visit the .NET repos in GitHub.