{"id":52629,"date":"2022-10-13T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/?p=52629"},"modified":"2022-10-16T22:16:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T21:16:56","slug":"getting-started-with-net","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-gb\/industry\/blog\/technetuk\/2022\/10\/13\/getting-started-with-net\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started with .NET"},"content":{"rendered":"
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.NET is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform for building many different types of applications.\u00a0With .NET, you can use multiple languages, editors, and libraries to build for web, mobile, desktop, games, and IoT.<\/p>\n
You can write .NET apps in C#, F#, or Visual Basic:<\/p>\n
Whether you’re working in C#, F#, or Visual Basic, your code will run natively on any compatible OS. Different .NET implementations, such as .NET Core, .NET Framework<\/a> and Xamarin\/Mono<\/a> can handle the heavy lifting for you.<\/p>\n .NET Standard is a base set of APIs that are common to all .NET implementations.\u00a0Each implementation can also expose additional APIs that are specific to the operating systems it runs on. For example, .NET Framework is a Windows-only .NET implementation that includes APIs for accessing the Windows Registry.<\/p>\n To extend functionality, Microsoft and others maintain a healthy package ecosystem built on .NET Standard.\u00a0NuGet<\/a> is a package manager built specifically for .NET that contains over 90,000 packages.<\/p>\n With Microsoft Learn, you can kick off your journey into .NET with easy to understand training – and best of all, it’s free! This is the perfect way to work through new tools.<\/p>\n Already using .NET and want to go further? Whether it’s learning something new within .NET or becoming certified, there’s plenty more to explore and discover.<\/p>\n .NET is a free, cross-platform, open source developer platform for building many different types of applications.\u00a0Here are some resources to get you started on your .NET journey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":430,"featured_media":32817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[594],"post_tag":[223,519],"content-type":[],"coauthors":[525],"class_list":["post-52629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technetuk","tag-skills","tag-technet-uk"],"yoast_head":"\nResources<\/h3>\n
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Get started with .NET<\/h3>\n
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