| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
|---|---|
| Stable release |
2012 / August 15, 2012
|
| Development status | Active |
| Operating system | Windows XP and later |
| Platform | .NET Framework |
| 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 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. Although multiple implementations of the specification exist, Visual C# is by far the one most commonly used. In most contexts, an unqualified reference to "C#" is taken to mean "Visual C#".