Modern web tooling
ASP.NET…and more
Develop for the web with ASP.NET, Node.js, Python, or JavaScript
Software containers
Build, debug, test, and deploy software containers
Many platforms
ASP.NET Core and .NET Core run on Windows, Mac, and Linux
Write your web applications and services with ASP.NET Core using Visual Studio. Deploy to any web server, or graduate to cloud scale in Microsoft Azure. If you like, code in your editor and OS of choice with omnisharp.net.
Web frameworks
Angular, jQuery, Bootstrap, Django, Backbone.js, and Express
Open source
ASP.NET and .NET Core are Apache-and-MIT-licensed code on GitHub
Found a bug or got a new idea? Open an issue or send a pull request. All of the ASP.NET and .NET Core CLR runtime components and the Azure SDKs for any language are available on GitHub and taking contributions. Get involved today!
Package managers
LibMan, NuGet, npm
Join the Open Web and pull in libraries from all over. NuGet offers rich .NET server-side libraries, Library Manager (LibMan) the lightweight client-side library acquisition tool allows you to get just the files that you need from popular framework and library packages, and npm pulls in great tools and utilities.
Extensible ecosystem
Extend Visual Studio, explore our community, and make it your own!
Customize Visual Studio by leveraging the thousands of extensions available from the constantly growing ecosystem or even build your own.
Cloud scale
Deploy to any host; scale to the cloud
Visual Studio includes integrated tools to deploy your web application to any host or scale to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Publish and manage your websites and virtual machines from within Visual Studio.
The best code editor
All in one place with a world-class IDE
The best debugger
All in one place with a world-class IDE
Identify issues in your C#, JavaScript, Node.js, Python, or any other Visual Studio-supported language using the world-class debugger. Diagnose bugs locally or remotely, in any browser, or in the cloud. Take advantage of advanced breakpoint configuration for fine-grained execution control, and flexibly inspect state through the many views in Visual Studio.
Learn more about debugging in Visual Studio
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teams
End-to-end solution to meet demanding quality and scale needs of teams of all
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