{"id":10146,"date":"2014-04-03T16:51:07","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.xamarin.com\/?p=10146"},"modified":"2014-04-03T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T20:51:07","slug":"xamarin-and-the-net-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/xamarin\/xamarin-and-the-net-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Xamarin and Microsoft Launch the .NET Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-10149\" alt=\"dotnet_logo\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/dotnet_logo-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>It has been an amazing day today. Not only did I have the opportunity to share the stage with the creator of C#, Anders Heljsberg, in the Microsoft Build 2014 day 2 keynote, but we also jointly announced with Microsoft the <a href=\"http:\/\/aka.ms\/DotNetFoundationAnnoucement\">launch of the .NET Foundation<\/a>, a newly created entity that will foster open innovation on .NET.<\/p>\n<p>Xamarin contributed six projects to the foundation, and we are excited to be working with Microsoft as we take .NET in this new direction.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-10152\" alt=\"Miguel on stag with C# shirt\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-03-at-13.31.34.png\" width=\"517\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft contributed Roslyn to the Foundation, and on stage we demoed Roslyn working on a Mac with the iOS version of our new <a href=\"http:\/\/xamarin.com\/sharp-shirt\">Xamarin Store App<\/a> &#8211; a beautiful, native app that let&#8217;s C# lovers order their own <strong>limited edition<\/strong> C# t-shirt for free. \u00a0This demo was a great proof point for how open source will help get .NET everywhere. \u00a0We are very busy integrating the best bits of Roslyn into our technology stack.<\/p>\n<p>Xamarin is contributing <strong>six<\/strong> projects to the .NET Foundation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/xamarin\/Xamarin.Mobile\">Xamarin Mobile:<\/a>\u00a0a library that exposes a single set of APIs for accessing common mobile device functionality across iOS, Android, and Windows platforms.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/xamarin\/Xamarin.Auth\">Xamarin.Auth:<\/a>\u00a0A cross-platform API for authenticating users and storing their accounts.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/xamarin\/couchbase-lite-net\">Couchbase for .NET<\/a>:\u00a0A lightweight, document-oriented (NoSQL), syncable database engine.<\/li>\n<li>Xamarin&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/mono\/mono\/tree\/master\/mcs\/class\/System.Drawing\">System.Drawing:<\/a>our cross-platform implementation of the familiar drawing API<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jstedfast\/MailKit\">MailKit<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jstedfast\/MimeKit\">MimeKit<\/a>:\u00a0robust cross-platform email libraries optimized for mobile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The .NET Foundation will help accelerate the adoption of .NET across every platform and computing form factor\u2014servers, mobile devices and desktops, and we are very excited for Xamarin to be a part of it.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/channel9.msdn.com\/events\/build\/2014?Media=true&amp;wt.mc_id=build_hp\">Build website<\/a> to see the recordings of the Day 2 keynote. 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