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.NET Documentation

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- .NET Guides
- Get Started
  - C# introduction
    
    A quick interactive start.
  - Build your first .NET Core app
    
    Learn how to build your first .NET Core console app.
  - Build your first web app
    
    Learn how to build your first ASP.NET Core web app.
- Web
  - Build your first web app
    
    Learn how to build your first ASP.NET Core web app.
  - ASP.NET Core tutorials
    
    Discover the different step-by-step guides available for you to learn how to develop ASP.NET Core applications.
  - What is ASP.NET Core?
    
    Learn how to build ASP.NET Core web applications.
  - ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio
    
    Learn the basics of building an ASP.NET Core MVC web app using Visual Studio.
  - ASP.NET MVC apps in Windows containers
    
    Learn how to deploy ASP.NET MVC apps with Docker.
- Cloud
  - Azure for .NET documentation
    
    Learn about Azure services such as Web Apps, WebJobs, Cloud Services, and VMs.
  - Azure Storage
    
    Learn about Azure Storage, and how to create applications using Azure blobs, tables, queues, and files.
  - Using F# on Azure
    
    Learn how to use various Azure services in F# such as Azure Storage, Cloud Services, and Azure Functions.
- Mobile
  - Xamarin.iOS
    
    Create native iOS apps using C# and F# with Xamarin.iOS.
  - Xamarin.Android
    
    Create native Android apps using C# and F# with Xamarin.Android.
  - Xamarin.Forms
    
    Create cross-platform mobile UIs using C# and F# with Xamarin.Forms.
- Desktop
  - Universal Windows Apps
    
    Learn how you create Universal Windows apps that run on all Windows 10 devices.
  - Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET Core)
    
    WPF provides developers with a XAML-based model for building desktop applications on Windows.
  - Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET Framework)
    
    WPF provides developers with a XAML-based model for building desktop applications on Windows.
  - Windows Forms
    
    Rapidly develop Line of Business apps for the Windows desktop.
  - Xamarin for macOS
    
    Create apps for macOS using C# and F# with Xamarin.
- Gaming
  - Game Development with Visual Studio
    
    Write and debug your games using your game engine of choice with Visual Studio.
  - CRYENGINE
    
    Learn how to use CRYENGINE to build games with C#.
  - MonoGame
    
    Build games with C# through tutorials and setup instructions at the MonoGame library documentation hub.
  - Unity
    
    Learn how to use Unity to build 2D and 3D games with C# with the Unity Manual.
- Machine Learning and AI
  - ML.NET
    
    Build custom AI solutions and integrate them into your .NET applications.
  - Cognitive Services
    
    Infuse apps, websites, and bots with intelligence to see, hear, speak, and understand.
  - Azure Machine Learning
    
    Bring AI to everyone with an end-to-end, scalable, trusted platform with experimentation and model management.
  - .NET for Apache Spark
    
    Process batches of data, real-time streams, machine learning, and ad-hoc query anywhere you write .NET code.

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Learn C#

.NET Core API reference

.NET Framework API reference

.NET Documentation

C# introduction

Build your first .NET Core app

Build your first web app

Build your first web app

ASP.NET Core tutorials

What is ASP.NET Core?

ASP.NET Core in Visual Studio

ASP.NET MVC apps in Windows containers

Azure for .NET documentation

Azure Storage

Using F# on Azure

Xamarin.iOS

Xamarin.Android

Xamarin.Forms

Universal Windows Apps

Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET Core)

Windows Presentation Foundation (.NET Framework)

Windows Forms

Xamarin for macOS

Game Development with Visual Studio

CRYENGINE

MonoGame

Unity

ML.NET

Cognitive Services

Azure Machine Learning

.NET for Apache Spark