Microsoft .NET Core Preview Now Available for Mac and Linux

Today, Microsoft made available its first ever release of .NET Core for Mac and Linux.

.NET Core allows developers on platforms that aren’t Windows based to build their applications using the language for the first time.

Microsoft also previously said that .NET core will be open sourced for developers on Github, which is unprecedented.

The company previously made available a technical description of what you can do with .NET core and how it fits into the platform.

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Owen was a reporter for TNW based in Amsterdam, now a full-time freelance writer and consultant helping technology companies make their word (show all) Owen was a reporter for TNW based in Amsterdam, now a full-time freelance writer and consultant helping technology companies make their words friendlier. In his spare time he codes, writes newsletters and cycles around the city.

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