Overview

AWS offers IDE toolkits, command line tools, SDKs, libraries, and assistive modernization tools to streamline .NET on AWS development.

.NET on AWS

Choosing the right tools depends on many factors, including development approach, team composition, and organizational standards.

.NET Development Environment on AWS

To provision an environment for building and maintaining .NET and .NET Framework applications in the AWS Cloud, see the Quick Start.

AWS SDK for .NET

One of the great advantages AWS offers over traditional, on-premises resources is that you can access its services through REST APIs.

AWS SDK for .NET

AWS SDK for .NET helps you get started quickly by providing native .NET APIs to AWS services. Calling an AWS service is as easy as calling a method on an object using the SDK.

AWS .NET SDKs

The AWS SDK for .NET is distributed as multiple NuGet packages, and contains assemblies for .NET Standard 2.0, .NET Framework 3.5, and .NET Framework 4.x.

.NET tools and libraries on AWS

For .NET tools and libraries on AWS, see dotnet on the GitHub website.

AWS Extensions for .NET APIs Libraries and Frameworks

See this catalog for all resources on AWS Extensions for .NET APIs Libraries and Frameworks,

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio is a plugin for Visual Studio that makes it easier to develop, debug, and deploy .NET applications that use AWS.

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

With the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio, you'll be able to get started faster and be more productive while building AWS applications.

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio demo

Watch the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio demo

How to use AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

The toolkit allows you to create, configure, edit, or query resources in your AWS account, directly from within Visual Studio.

Download AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio 2022

Download AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio 2022 from AWs Marketplace

User Guide for AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

Review this user guide to get started with AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

The AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code is an open-source plugin for Visual Studio Code that provides an integrated experience for developing, deploying, and testing serverless applications.

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Install the toolkit and review the user guide.

Installing the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

Download and install the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code

AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code - User guide

Review the user guide for AWS Toolkit for VS Code.

AWS Tools for PowerShell

AWS Tools for PowerShell allows you to directly access AWS Services from within PowerShell scripts to help you manage and interact with AWS Services with your standard toolset.

AWS Tools for PowerShell

The AWS Tools for PowerShell let developers and administrators manage their AWS services and resources in the PowerShell scripting environment.

Install AWS Tools for PowerShell

Install AWS Tools for PowerShell from PowerShell gallery.

AWS Tools for PowerShell user guide

Review the user guide for AWS Tools for PowerShell

AWS Toolkit for Rider

The AWS Toolkit for Rider is an open-source plugin for the Rider IDE that makes it easier to create, debug, and deploy .NET applications on AWS.

Rider

Rider is .NET IDE created by JetBrains.

AWS Toolkit for Rider

With the AWS Toolkit for Rider, you can get started faster and be more productive when building applications with Rider on AWS.

Installing the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains

You can download, install, and set up the AWS Toolkit for JetBrains from the JetBrains Marketplace in your IDE.

AWS Toolkit for Azure DevOps

The AWS Toolkit for Azure DevOps is an extension for hosted and on-premises Microsoft Azure DevOps that make it easy to manage and deploy applications using AWS.

AWS Toolkit for Azure DevOps

Deploy .NET Code to AWS from your existing build/release pipeline.

Download from the Visual Studio Marketplace

Start using the AWS Toolkit for Azure DevOps at no additional cost.

Download from GitHub

Download from aws-toolkit-azure-devops on GitHub

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Reimagining the AWS .NET deployment experience

Read this blog about the AWS .NET deployment tool for the .NET CLI.

dotnetonaws on Twitter

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.NET Development Environment on the AWS Cloud

Quick Starts are automated reference deployments that use AWS CloudFormation templates to deploy key technologies on AWS, following AWS best practices.