Visual Studio IDE
Visual Studio for Mac
Visual Studio Code
Develop .NET applications
Build web and native applications for multiple operating systems and devices with C#, F#, or Visual Basic
Install the frameworks and tools you need for building .NET apps
- Contains components for .NET desktop, ASP.NET and web development
- Get a light and simplified installation
- Add more components during installation, or
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Coding instead in a different language?
Download Visual Studio for Windows and choose the tools you need.
C# and Visual Basic
Productive, multi-purpose, type-safe, object-oriented, open source
F#
Simple, efficient, data-rich, functional-first programming
F# is an open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language that enables developers to tackle computing problems with simple, maintainable, and robust code. F# is on GitHub, and many tools and libraries are available from the F# community.
.NET Productivity
Be the most productive you can be
Visual Studio guides you with live assistance as you write Visual Basic and C# code through IntelliSense, and Analyzers, as well as provides world-class debugging and diagnostics tools.
Cloud apps in Azure
Quickly deploy mission-critical apps. Start free. Scale as you grow
Run ASP.NET web apps and .NET programs in the cloud by using Azure Web Apps, Functions, Cloud Services, and VMs. Quick deploy to Azure using out of box GitHub actions integration.
Web Applications with ASP.NET
Open, flexible tools you need to create and deploy modern web apps
ASP.NET is an open source web framework for building great web apps and services. Build beautiful, responsive, web UIs all with C# instead of JavaScript. You can also create web APIs and mobile sites, use real-time technologies like Web Sockets, and more.
Windows desktop applications
Windows Forms and WPF
.NET and Visual Studio enable you to develop data-centric, modern line of business applications (LoB) for Windows. Create visually stunning user experiences with WPF or use WinForms productive WYSIWYG designers to incorporate UI, media, and complex business models. Rapidly develop enterprise-class line of business applications with a comprehensive set of features like controls, data binding, animation, styles, templates, and more.
Cross platform mobile
Visual Studio and Xamarin
Develop rich native apps for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows with C# in Visual Studio. Leverage Xamarin.Forms to build native and performant cross-platform user interfaces across platforms and plug into the .NET ecosystem taking advantage of .NET Standard libraries to share code and the NuGet ecosystem.
Universal Windows Platform
One Windows platform, many devices
Leverage your skills in C# and Visual Basic to take advantage of the power of Windows 10 to build the next generation of apps.
Windows 10 runs on a single, unified core across devices—mobile, desktop, Xbox, or elsewhere. Windows 10 apps you build with C# and Visual Basic run as fast as C++ with the .NET Native runtime.
