Microsoft open source and cross-platform .NET, and also release free version Visual Studio Community 2013

ByThomas Hawk

In order to support those who develop cross-platform, Microsoft is offering ".NET Core Runtime" and ".NET Framework"We released an open source version of .NET's server side, such as" .NET server framework "which enables you to build and run server-side .NET applications on platforms such as Linux and Mac OS X . In addition, Microsoft's developer tool "Visual Studio Community 2013"Free version release of it is revealed at the same time.

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Microsoft's source code was released to the server side of .NET such as "ASP.NET" ".NET compiler" .NET Core Runtime ".NET Framework" .NET Libraries ". In addition, ".NET server framework" that can be used on non-Windows OS such as Linux and Mac OS X, and "Visual Studio Community 2013" were also released.

"Visual Studio Community 2013" means that a full version of Visual Studio can be used free of charge for university officials, non-profit organizations, open source developers, small and medium-sized enterprises with 5 or fewer developers.


"Visual Studio Community 2013" itself is different from the previous Visual Studio Express, it is characterized by having all the IDE functions free of charge. This will make it possible to develop applications for Windows, Android, iOS in one stroke.

S. Somasegar, Microsoft's development department manager for open source and cross platform, said, "There are billions of devices on the market today and developers can target a variety of platforms. We need a tool, "he said, and the open source source code has already been published on GitHub.

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In addition, Microsoft made these presentations at its own event "Connect ();In the event, "Visual Studio 2015 Preview" and ".NET 2015 Preview" which Microsoft is planning to release this week as well are also released. This "Visual Studio 2015 Preview" is designed to enable developers to develop applications and services for all terminals and platforms, and is a tool that supports thorough support for iOS · Android · Windows terminals It seems to be getting.

For example, "Visual Studio 2015 Preview" has a new "Visual Studio Emulator for Android" function suitable for application development for Android. You can see how this function works by watching the following movie.

Visual Studio Emulator for Android | Connect (); Microsoft Visual Studio vNext & amp; Azure | Channel 9