.NET Framework

C# is a general purpose programming language, with a syntax derived from C++ / Java, that is used as one of the primary programming languages with the .NET Framework. The .NET Base Class Library itself has been written in C#.

Advantages

  • Strong type checking
  • Good support for object-oriented programming
  • Automatic garbage collection
  • Support for internationalization
  • Extension methods (the ability to add methods to existing classes to which you do not have access)

Disadvantages

  • Not as performant as C++
  • Accessing low-level resources is more difficult

Features

  • Exception handling support
  • Enumerations
  • Type reflection
  • Properties
  • Generic typing

Development tools

  • Microsoft Visual Studio
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