Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Setting up your .NET development environment

This topic provides instructions to set up a .NET Windows development environment to test your application locally prior to deploying it to Amazon Elastic Beanstalk. It also references websites that provide installation instructions for useful tools.

If you need to manage Amazon resources from within your application, install the Amazon SDK for .NET. For example, you can use Amazon S3 to store and retrieve data.

With the Amazon SDK for .NET, you can get started in minutes with a single, downloadable package complete with Visual Studio project templates, the Amazon .NET library, C# code samples, and documentation. Practical examples are provided in C# for how to use the libraries to build applications. Online video tutorials and reference documentation are provided to help you learn how to use the libraries and code samples.

Visit the Amazon SDK for .NET homepage for more information and installation instructions.

Installing an IDE

Integrated development environments (IDEs) provide a wide range of features that facilitate application development. If you haven't used an IDE for .NET development, try Visual Studio Community to get started.

Visit the Visual Studio Community page to download and install Visual Studio Community.

Installing the Amazon Toolkit for Visual Studio

The Amazon Toolkit for Visual Studio is an open source plug-in for the Visual Studio IDE that makes it easier for developers to develop, debug, and deploy .NET applications using Amazon. Visit the Toolkit for Visual Studio homepage for installation instructions.