This document provides a history of the different versions of the C# programming language, including the version number, the Visual Studio release it was introduced in, and the .NET Framework version it targeted. It also lists some of the popular application types built with C#, such as desktop, web, mobile, and gaming applications. Finally, it provides some links for learning more about C# and developing applications with it across different platforms.

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5. Version Visual Studio .Net Framework Year
C# 1.0 Visual Studio .NET 2002 .NET Framework 1.0 January 2002
C# 2.0 Visual Studio .NET 2005 .NET Framework 2.0 November 2005
C# 3.0 Visual Studio .NET 2008 .NET Framework 3.5 November 2007
C# 4.0 Visual Studio .NET 2010 .NET Framework 4 April 2010
C# 5.0 Visual Studio .NET 2012 .NET Framework 4.5 August 2012
C# 6.0 Visual Studio .NET 2015 .NET Framework 4.6 July 2015
C# 7.0 Visual Studio .NET 2017 RC .NET Framework 4.6 November 2016

6. • Free students
https://www.visualstudio.com/downloads/
https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/core

7. Desktop Web Cloud
Mobile Gaming

8. Windows Forms
Universal Windows Apps
Windows Presentation Foundation

10. Web Forms
MVC
WebAPI
Single Page Application

11. Azure Cloud Service
Azure WebJob
Azure Mobile Service

12. Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.Android
Xamarin.iOS

13. Unity
CRYENGINE
MonoGame

14. • .NET Open Source
• Develop high performance applications in less time, on any platform.

15. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/tutorials/index
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/csharp/whats-new
https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/cross-platform/getting_started/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/getstarted