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.NET Conf 2020

Taking place November 10th-12th, .NET Conf is a free virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year, .NET 5.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2020! Come celebrate and learn about the new release and all of the amazing things you can build with .NET.

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.NET Learn Challenge

Participate in the .NET Learn Challenge where you can compete against friends and coworkers through the month of November. Complete interactive modules on how to build apps across multiple platforms with .NET and earn your rank on the leaderboard.

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You can write your .NET apps in C#, F#, or Visual Basic.

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.NET 101 Video Series

You can learn more about what .NET can do with these free videos.

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