C# is a simple and powerful object-oriented programming language, developed by Microsoft. It is used to create various types of applications, such as web, windows, console applications using Visual studio. C# is one of the languages designed for the (CLI) Common Language Infrastructure. The First version of C# is 1.0 with .NET framework 1.0 and Visual Studio is 2002. Anders Hejlsberg is known as the founder of C# language. The most recent version is 8.0, which was released in 2019 alongside the Visual Studio 2019 version 16.3 .

Features of C#

• C# is easy to learn.
• It is easy integrating programming language.
• It is a general purpose, highly structured programming language.
• OOPS concepts can be implemented efficiently using this language.
• It is platform independent, ie,the programs written in C# can be executed in a variety of computing environments.
• Efficient programming can be done using C#.
• C# is a high-level programming language.
• GUI applications can be developed very easily using C#.

Programming Features of C#

Other reasons why programming in C# language is so strong and popular are given below:

• It deals with automatic garbage collections.
• It has a lot of standard libraries.
• Some properties and events make programming smarter.
• Delegates and concepts of event management can also help in making C# language strong.
• Supports Multi-threading.
• It includes the concepts of Indexers.
• Generic concepts are easy to use in C#.
• This language provides LINQ and Lambda expressions.

C# Version History

Version	.NET Framework	Visual Studio	Important Features
C# 1.0	.NET Framework 1.0/1.1	Visual Studio .NET 2002	First release of C#
C# 2.0	.NET Framework 2.0	Visual Studio 2005	Generics Partial types Anonymous methods Nullable types Iterators Covariance and contravariance
C# 3.0	.NET Framework 3.0\3.5	Visual Studio 2008	Auto-implemented properties Anonymous types Query expressions Lambda expression Expression trees Extension methods
C# 4.0	.NET Framework 4.0	Visual Studio 2010	Dynamic binding Named/optional arguments Generic covariant and contravariant Embedded interop types
C# 5.0	.NET Framework 4.5	Visual Studio 2012/2013	Asynchronous members Caller info attributes
C# 6.0	.NET Framework 4.6	Visual Studio 2013/2015	Static imports Exception filters Property initializers Expression bodied members Null propagator String interpolation Name of operator Dictionary initializer
C# 7.0	.NET Core	Visual Studio 2017	Improved performance and productivity Azure Support AI Support Game development Cross platform Mobile App Development Window App Development
C# 8.0	NET Core 3x	Visual Studio 2019	Nullable reference types Default Interface method Asynchronous streams Advanced pattern matching