| title | description | keywords | author | ms.author | ms.date | ms.topic | ms.prod | ms.devlang | ms.assetid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Welcome to .NET |
Getting started |
.NET |
richlander |
mairaw |
10/12/2016 |
article |
.net |
dotnet |
cb788dcf-2120-467f-9c34-c02a90e1f68f |
You can build many types of apps with .NET, such as cloud, IoT, and games. Your app can run on Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, and iOS. There are free tools that you can use to build apps or games. You can deploy them on servers, desktops, or publish them to app stores.
This documentation covers the breadth of .NET across platforms and languages. You can get started with .NET and its languages in any of the following sections:
Additionally, you can browse the .NET API reference.
This documentation is completely open source. You can contribute in any way you like, from creating Issues to writing documentation. Additionally, much of .NET itself is open source:
- .NET Core Home
- .NET Libraries
- .NET Core Runtime
- Roslyn (C# and Visual Basic) Compiler Platform and IDE Tools
- F# Compiler and IDE Tools
There are also many other key projects in the .NET open source ecosystem which have been contributed to the .NET Foundation.