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crystalblood oath
1,569 Pointsim doing the c# course in treehouse but i want to build a xamarin app will the course help me create the app
thank you
1 Answer
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi there,
Xamarin is a cross-platform IDE that uses C# code. So, it's not really "building an app" with Xamarin, as Xamarin is not a programming language. This would be like saying you made an app with Xcode, when really it was Swift (or Objective-C) that you built the app with, you just use the IDE to compile the code.
With Xamarin, you will only be using C# to build an app, so learning C# will not only help you build the app, it's pretty much essential to building the app. Learning how to use the IDE would just be a 'byproduct' of learning how to code C#.
I hope that clears it up for you.
Keep Coding! :)
Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsLuc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsHey crystal,
the C# course will learn you the syntax of the programming language, not how to implement it into Xamarin. You could follow the Xamarin development course, however, this does not include cross-platform apps.