CSharpFeatures contains group of C# version features, features evolved from C# 3 to till date.
Visual Studio 2017
v4.6.1
| C# Version | CLR Version | .NET Framework | Version / IDE | Features | Available Here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 1.0/1.1 | 1.0/1.1 | VS2002 | Managed Code | No |
| 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | VS2005 | Generics | No |
| Partial types | |||||
| Anonymous Method | |||||
| Nullable Types | |||||
| Iterators | |||||
| Covariance and contravariance | |||||
| 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0\3.5 | VS2008 | Lambda Expressions | No |
| Auto-implemented properties | |||||
| Extension Methods | |||||
| Expression Tree | |||||
| Anonymous Types | |||||
| LINQ | |||||
| Implicit Typing (var) | |||||
| 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | VS2010 | Late Binding (dynamic) | Yes |
| Named Arguments | |||||
| Optional Parameters | |||||
| Generic covariant and contravariant | |||||
| Embedded interop types | |||||
| 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2 | VS2012/VS2013 | Async Feature | No |
| Caller Information | |||||
| 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2 | VS2013/VS2015 | Static imports | No |
| Exception filters | |||||
| Property initializers | |||||
| Expression bodied members | |||||
| Null propagator | |||||
| String interpolation | |||||
| nameof operator | |||||
| Dictionary initializer | |||||
| 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2 | VS2017 | Improved performance and productivity | No |
| Azure Support | |||||
| AI Support | |||||
| Game development | |||||
| Cross platform | |||||
| Mobile App Development | |||||
| Window App Development | |||||
| 8.0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | VS2019 | Nullable reference types | No |
| Async streams | |||||
| Implicitly typed new-expressions | |||||
| Ranges and indices | |||||
| Default interface members | |||||
| Recursive patterns | |||||
| Switch expressions | |||||
| Platform dependencies |