From the course: Demystifying the .NET Platform: Structure, Features, and Potential

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Programming languages

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Programming languages

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- [Instructor] When it comes to building your own .NET applications, you can choose between C Sharp, F Sharp, or Visual Basic as your programming languages. C Sharp is by far the most popular language when it comes to .NET applications. It's cross platform, open source, type safe, and it favors an object-oriented programming model. If you're familiar with Java, you'll find C Sharp a familiar friend, and likewise with JavaScript and C++ to a certain degree. C Sharp is supported in Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, two of the main editors used for .NET development, but it's so far-reaching that many other code editors support the language. Next on the list of your choices is F Sharp, which is a lightweight option in terms of programming syntax, but it's no less effective when applied to building things like web APIs or machine learning, and even data science. Like C Sharp, you can use F Sharp to develop for…

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