Visual C♯

Developer(s)	Microsoft
Stable release	2010 / April 2010; 2 years ago (2010-April)
Development status	Active
Operating system	Windows XP and later
Platform	IA-32, x86-64 and Itanium
Available in	English, French, Japanese, Korean, German, and likely others
Type	Integrated development environment
License	Proprietary software; both shareware and freeware versions available
Website	msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/hh388566

Microsoft Visual C# is Microsoft's implementation of the C# specification, included in the Microsoft Visual Studio suite of products. It is based on the ECMA/ISO specification of the C# language, which Microsoft also created. While multiple implementations of the specification exist, Visual C# is by far the one most commonly used.^{[citation needed]} In most contexts, an unqualified reference to "C#" is taken to mean "Visual C#."^{[citation needed]}

The term Visual denotes a brand-name relationship with other Microsoft programming languages such as Visual Basic, Visual FoxPro, Visual J# and Visual C++. All of these products are packaged with a graphical IDE and support rapid application development of Windows-based applications.

Visual C# is currently used in development of Windows and Xbox Live games via Microsoft XNA, which allows game developers to create and share their games with other gamers. Visual C# is also heavily used by ASP.NET web sites and standalone applications based on the .NET Framework.

External links

• Official website
• Visual C# and Visual C# Express - at C# Online.NET