Microsoft Open Sources .NET Core and Introduces Visual Studio Community 2013
During Connect(); that is taking place today, Microsoft has given two extremely interesting announcements for developers One of them corresponds to the release of .NET Core to the entire world world under the MIT license, and the other is the presentation of Visual Studio Community 2013, a free version of the development environment aimed at students, small businesses, and developers.
At the beginning of the year Microsoft had already given the presentation of the .NET Foundation and its new vision regarding software development. And now, following that line, the same has released .NET Core to open source under the MIT license.
The company is looking to bring .NET to Linux and Mac platforms in addition to Microsoft's, but only in functions that are performed on the server sideAs for the libraries that work from the user side, Microsoft will not release them to the public for now, so Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms will not be open source.
Microsoft and Xamarin have also worked together, announcing that they improve the user experience when we install their libraries in Visual Studio. To that is also added the support of Xamarin Starter Edition (focused on independent developers) to the Microsoft environment.
Microsoft wants people to code and encourage collaboration, which is why introduced Visual Studio Community 2013This is a completely free version of the IDE aimed at independent developers, students, and small businesses.
This means that we can develop desktop applications, web, cloud services and mobile devices completely free. According to the official page, Visual Studio 2013 Community has many of the features of the paid version, only optimized and focused for developers or small teams.
All of this is undoubtedly good news, and it gives a clear idea of where Satya Nadella's new Microsoft is headed; a Microsoft that is much more open and eager to experiment with new technologies and take advantage of all that it can offer and obtain from people.
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