<p><strong>Getting started</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://dot.net/" rel="nofollow">.NET website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/learn" rel="nofollow">Learn .NET</a></li>
<li><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/why-dotnet/" rel="nofollow">What is .NET, and why should you choose it?</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Useful resources</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/" rel="nofollow">.NET blog</a></li>
<li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/" rel="nofollow">.NET documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://referencesource.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow">.NET Framework Reference Source Code</a></li>
<li><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/" rel="nofollow">Framework design guidelines</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>IDEs and code editors</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio</a> (Windows/Mac)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/rider/" rel="nofollow">Rider</a> (Windows/Mac/Linux)</li>
<li><a href="https://code.visualstudio.com/" rel="nofollow">Visual Studio Code</a> (Windows/Mac/Linux)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Tools</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Decompilers: <a href="https://github.com/icsharpcode/ILSpy" rel="nofollow">ILSpy</a>, <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/" rel="nofollow">dotPeek</a></li>
<li>Scratchpad: <a href="https://www.linqpad.net/" rel="nofollow">LINQPad</a></li>
<li>Online playground and IL viewer: <a href="https://sharplab.io/" rel="nofollow">SharpLab</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Rules</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Rule 1: Follow Lemmy rules</li>
<li>Rule 2: Be excellent to each other, no hostility towards users for any reason</li>
<li>Rule 3: No spam of tools/companies/advertisements</li>
<li>Rule 4: Submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the latter</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Related communities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://programming.dev/c/csharp" rel="nofollow">!csharp@programming
dev</a></li>
<li><a href="https://programming.dev/c/fsharp" rel="nofollow">!fsharp@programming.dev</a></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Wikipedia pages</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET" rel="nofollow">.NET</a> (open source & cross platform)</li>
<li><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework" rel="nofollow">.NET Framework</a> (proprietary & Windows-only)</li>
</ul>