Microsoft .NET is officially 20 years old

Microsoft is celebrating 20 years of .NET, its open supply framework widespread amongst builders of all stripes. "Today marks 20 years since Visual Studio .NET launched and the first version of the .NET platform was released (or should I say, unleashed) to the world," mentioned Microsoft's Beth Massi in a weblog publish.

According to Microsoft, over 5 million builders use .NET globally, and it was voted as essentially the most cherished framework on Stack Overflow in 2019, 2020, and 2021, which is fairly an achievement for 2 decade old software program.

An open supply good friend

Building on .NET Framework, which was initially (*20*)-only, Microsoft expanded .NET over the years to incorporate instruments for creating apps on macOS and Linux. The firm additionally led the best way on open sourcing the undertaking, leading to an open supply model on Github in 2014. The firm is internet hosting some cool content material and occasions at www.dot.internet (a really charming area), so be sure that to examine these out for those who're a fan. Microsoft has famously had some points with open supply software program, particularly in the course of the 2000s, and lots of have been fearful throughout its Github acquisition that the corporate wasn't working on the extent. Over time, nevertheless, Microsoft has confirmed itself to be a welcome contributor to the open supply group and .NET is a unbelievable instance of why: cross-platform instruments beloved by builders. ".NET has come a long way in 20 years but the original vision to change developers’ lives still holds true," says Massi.

"You can build any type of app, for any operating system, with great performance. From high-throughput, cloud-scale services to the smallest microcontrollers .NET is there, and the community has made this platform and its large ecosystem a huge success."