--- tags: Microsoft --- # .NET ### 1. I HEARD THAT .NET WAS ONLY FOR WINDOWS OR PC USERS. IS THAT TRUE? You can create apps that run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. .NET Core runtime, libraries, and compiler are all open source on GitHub and are taking contributions. ### 2. WHAT IS .NET ANYWAY? .NET (pronounced dot net) is a framework that provides a programming guidelines that can be used to develop a wide range of applications–––from web to mobile to Windows-based applications. The .NET framework can work with several programming languages such as C#, VB.NET, C++ and F#. At Grand Circus, we use C#.