Last month, Microsoft announced it would open source more of its .NET programming framework and take it cross-platform to Linux and Mac. The centerpiece of this work is the .NET Core, the ...

SEE: Programming languages: JavaScript has most developers but Rust is the fastest growing The .NET Foundation also sees potential to collaborate with the recently established Rust Foundation.

With the release of Visual Studio 2010, the Visual F# functional language officially shipped; it now constitutes the alternative offered by Microsoft for functional programming on the .NET platform.

Since their introduction in 2002, Microsoft's pair of .NET programming languages, C# and Visual Basic.NET, have been close siblings. Although they look very different—one uses C-style braces ...

It's not clear whether Microsoft ultimately will move the full .NET programming interface to the Windows Runtime at some point in the future, as some of the .NET faithful are hoping. But even if ...

Today we will get started with the basics so you can learn how to become an asynchronous programming ninja and round house kick your multi-threading woes. The .NET Framework provides a few avenues to ...

Learn More. Microsoft has widened its net beyond .NET in its stable of programming languages, including .NET cross-platform support and its own JavaScript flavor. Explore Microsoft’s top ...

Novell announced Monday the official launch of MonoTouch, a new framework that allows application developers to build native iPhone software with C# and other .NET programming languages.