Does XNA work with C# 5?

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Hello :)

I'm beginning to get into XNA, and I was wondering, when I'm buying a C# book, should I buy one about C# 4 or C# 5? Does XNA work with both or only one of them? Can I learn C# 5 and work with XNA?

Thanks! :)

Posted 20-Mar-14 1:21am

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ZurdoDev 20-Mar-14 12:21pm

I don't know for sure but I don't see why C# 5 would not work with XNA? Also, I imagine you won't find many books on C# 5 just yet. I think C# 4 would be a safe bet and then you can always go to MSDN to research on what's new in 5.

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Vladimir Svyatski · Answer 1 · 2014-03-20T11:46:00

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As you can read here, the latest version of XNA is based on .NET framework 4.0. C# 5 can produce binary code compatible with .NET 4, so I don't see any problem with C# 5. Go ahead and buy your book.

Posted 20-Mar-14 11:46am

Vladimir Svyatski

EveryNameIsTakenEvenThisOne · Answer 2 · 2014-03-20T12:39:00

Yes it does indeed work! Its a fiddle installing XNA to VS2013 tho! See this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17330810/xna-for-visual-studio-2013[^]

However, I´d strongly encourage you to use MonoGame instead, its an opensource alternative to the now discontinued XNA. Everything works like on XNA or very very close to it!

Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 3 · 2014-03-20T17:10:00

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I hope you know you're just starting to learn a dead platform, correct? MS has come out and pretty much said that XNA will not be developed or supported any further.

Posted 20-Mar-14 17:10pm

Dave Kreskowiak